>A more recent example is the so-called Minamata Convention to protect human health and the environ-ment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. It was signed in 2013 after three years of meetings and negotiations. In support of its objective, it includes provisions that relate to the entire life cycle of mercury, including controls and reductions across a range of products, processes, and industries where mercury is used, released or emitted. This approach could be well suited to be adapted to plastics. The political reasoning for a UN treaty on plastics is well supported

World Wildlife Fund’s Global Plastic Navigator petition at the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth, held in 2019 in Japan, the G20 Imple-mentation Framework f...

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