Global Plastics Treaty

What is it and why you should join the call for an ambitious global treaty to end the age of plastic.

On March 2, 2022, the United Nations approved a landmark agreement to create the world’s first-ever global plastics pollution treaty, adopted upon the conclusion of the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2).

What is the Plastics Treaty?

The Global Plastics Treaty represents a unique and crucial opportunity for a worldwide coordinated initiative to effectively resolve the ongoing plastic pollution crisis at all stages of the life span of plastics. Nevertheless, there exists a risk of its potential dilution and corruption. We must unite together to advocate for an ambitious treaty, ensuring its effectiveness in mitigating the plastic pollution crisis.

As countries continue the negotiations, the pressure from civil society will be instrumental in ensuring that the treaty:

  • Includes drastic plastic production cuts
  • Protect human health, human rights and the environment
  • Sets accountability measures for plastic producing industries and countries
  • Don’t promote false solutions such as plastic credits, bioplastics, chemical recycling and incineration, and instead promote reuse systems
After three INC meetings, the INC-4 is scheduled to take place from 23-29 of April 2024 in Ottawa, Canada.

What we want out of INC-4

Help us spread the word about the Plastic Treaty!

Plastic is a growing crisis with a devastating impact on the environment and human life. This treaty is an opportunity to get it right.

These priorities ensure that the #PlasticsTreaty meaningfully addresses all aspects of the #PlasticsCrisis.

Sign the petition to support an effective #PlasticsTreaty: bit.ly/PlasticsTreatyPetition

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC4

SIGN petitions

Whether you’re an individual, representing an organization, an expert scientist, or a young person, you can join the call for change! Sign the petitions below demanding for an ambitious legally-binding global #PlasticsTreaty.
Petition for Individual Sign-on
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Civil Society & Stakeholder Call to Action Petition for Organization Sign-on
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Scientists’ Declaration
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BFFP Youth Statement on the Global Plastics Treaty
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Learn and Educate

Knowledge is key in our fight to end plastic pollution. Check out some of the resources below.

EIA INC-3 briefing

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CIEL's Towards a Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

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BFFP Corporate briefing

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Defining plastic products, materials and polymers: a proposal

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How the Plastic Pollution Resolution relates to chemicals and health

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Convention on Plastic Pollution – Essential Elements – Production

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Convention on Plastic Pollution – Essential Elements – Finance

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Convention on Plastic Pollution – Essential Elements: Reuse

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INC-3 Participants analysis revealed

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INC-3 Press Release

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  • Report (and Executive Summary)

    Is net zero enough for the materials production sector?

    by Zero Waste Europe
    When considering the urgency of reducing GHG emissions there is a possibility that, despite the aims of the net zero pathways, the cumulative carbon emissions budget will be exceeded. This is due to the risks associated with deploying unproven technologies in some sectors – namely, plastics, aluminium, iron & steel, cement & concrete. This report by Zero Waste Europe and Eunomia allocated a risk factor associated with each intervention and quantified how this influences the likelihood of overshooting the remaining carbon budget. It also attempted to determine whether the overshoot can be reduced by accelerating the adoption model deployed for technological interventions
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  • Background paper

    Plastic Treaty – transparency requirement for chemicals constituents in plastic is a must

    by HEJSupport, SSNC, groundWorkSA
    Despite the importance of addressing chemical contamination caused by plastic, information about chemicals in plastic is not disclosed. Lack of transparency for the chemical composition of plastics undermines plastic management to reduce pollution. In this publication, HEJSupport, SSNC and groundWorkSA discuss the urgency of chemical information transparency in plastics and ways to address it within and outside the value chain and throughout the plastic lifecycle. We argue that disclosing chemical constituents in plastic contributes to plastic pollution reduction, resource efficiency via toxic-free circular economy and promotes the public right to know.
    READ NOW
  • Set of Principles

    Key Principles for a plastic treaty

    by IPEN
    IPEN believes that an understanding of the following three principles will be foundational for a Plastics Treaty that addresses the human health and climate threats from plastics throughout their lifecycle, and for promoting alternatives that truly meet the needs of a circular economy.
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#breakfreefromplastic allies and members are calling
for a global #PlasticsTreaty, see what they’re saying online:

According to a new Greenpeace poll, 75% of people believe a Global #PlasticsTreaty must ❌ ban single-use plastic! ⁣
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That means a treaty that could force big global polluters, like Unilever, that sell 1700 highly-polluting throwaway plastic sachets per second, to phase out all single-use plastic and prioritize reuse within the next decade. ⁣
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💪🌍Act Now and tell kpkt jabatanalamsekitar nresmalaysia to step up and support a strong and ambitious Global Plastics Treaty! ⁣
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☝️ Add your name in our bio! ⁣
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#PlastikTakFantastik #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #Cocacola #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill⁣

According to a new Greenpeace poll, 75% of people believe a Global #PlasticsTreaty must ❌ ban single-use plastic! ⁣

That means a treaty that could force big global polluters, like Unilever, that sell 1700 highly-polluting throwaway plastic sachets per second, to phase out all single-use plastic and prioritize reuse within the next decade. ⁣

💪🌍Act Now and tell kpkt jabatanalamsekitar nresmalaysia to step up and support a strong and ambitious Global Plastics Treaty! ⁣

☝️ Add your name in our bio! ⁣

#PlastikTakFantastik #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #Cocacola #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill⁣
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ILY Pattie. F**K BIG OIL AND
F**K PLASTICS….. FORREAL 🔪

Petition link is in my bio!

#PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Plastics #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill #INC4

ILY Pattie. F**K BIG OIL AND
F**K PLASTICS….. FORREAL 🔪

Petition link is in my bio!

#PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Plastics #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill #INC4
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Friends, did you know that from April 23-April 29, 2024 some major discussions will be happening in Ottawa surrounding the Global Plastics Treaty? You can sign the link in my bio to help take a stand for our Mother Earth.

Plastic pollution is everywhere – it has flooded our planet, harming people’s health, accelerating social injustice, destroying biodiversity and fueling the climate crisis at each stage of plastic’s lifecycle.

The Global Plastics Treaty is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to solve the plastics crisis. For the sake of our collective future, we cannot waste this moment.

The full lifecycle of plastic harms livelihoods and the climate. The fact is that 99% of plastic is made from fossil fuels; oil & gas — and Big Oil, in league with Big Brands, continue to make more, promote false solutions and a throwaway single-use model where corporate profits come before the health of our communities.

Greenpeace, with our allies and supporters, demand a treaty that will keep oil and gas in the ground and stop big brands and big oil from producing more and more plastic. A treaty that does not stop runaway plastic production & use is a failure.
#PlasticsTreaty #endfossilfuels #standforearth #earthday2024🌎 #notobigoil

Friends, did you know that from April 23-April 29, 2024 some major discussions will be happening in Ottawa surrounding the Global Plastics Treaty? You can sign the link in my bio to help take a stand for our Mother Earth.

Plastic pollution is everywhere – it has flooded our planet, harming people’s health, accelerating social injustice, destroying biodiversity and fueling the climate crisis at each stage of plastic’s lifecycle.

The Global Plastics Treaty is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to solve the plastics crisis. For the sake of our collective future, we cannot waste this moment.

The full lifecycle of plastic harms livelihoods and the climate. The fact is that 99% of plastic is made from fossil fuels; oil & gas — and Big Oil, in league with Big Brands, continue to make more, promote false solutions and a throwaway single-use model where corporate profits come before the health of our communities.

Greenpeace, with our allies and supporters, demand a treaty that will keep oil and gas in the ground and stop big brands and big oil from producing more and more plastic. A treaty that does not stop runaway plastic production & use is a failure.
#PlasticsTreaty #endfossilfuels #standforearth #earthday2024🌎 #notobigoil
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let’s stick it to evil big oil. 🛢️🚫‼️ AND STOP USING ITEMS THAT COME IN SINGLE USE PLASTIC CONTAINERS. Go to pattiegonia, click on the petition in her profile, and comment “DONE” when you’ve signed!

Repost pattiegonia #PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Plastics #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill #INC4

let’s stick it to evil big oil. 🛢️🚫‼️ AND STOP USING ITEMS THAT COME IN SINGLE USE PLASTIC CONTAINERS. Go to pattiegonia, click on the petition in her profile, and comment “DONE” when you’ve signed!

Repost pattiegonia #PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Plastics #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill #INC4
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At INC 4 there will possibly be the creation of a legal drafting group whose responsibility it will be to ensure the proposed language of the treaty text is legally sound.

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticsTreaty #BeatPlasticPollution #INC4

At INC 4 there will possibly be the creation of a legal drafting group whose responsibility it will be to ensure the proposed language of the treaty text is legally sound.

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticsTreaty #BeatPlasticPollution #INC4
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#VocesExpertas Maria Eduarda Bezerra, embaixadora da juventude do Break Free From Plastic breakfreefromplastic, nos conta por que o tratado global sobre plásticos é crucial para o futuro dos jovens. 

#Breakfreefromplastic #plasticstreaty #INC4

#VocesExpertas Maria Eduarda Bezerra, embaixadora da juventude do Break Free From Plastic breakfreefromplastic, nos conta por que o tratado global sobre plásticos é crucial para o futuro dos jovens.

#Breakfreefromplastic #plasticstreaty #INC4
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I love Pattie … such a powerful informant and authentic content creator and person with passions I share re: the environment, human progress and cat calendars. 

Please sign the petitions in Pattie’s bio. 

Repost• pattiegonia let’s stick it to evil big oil. 🛢️🚫‼️ comment “DONE” when you’ve signed!

#PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Plastics #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill #INC4

I love Pattie … such a powerful informant and authentic content creator and person with passions I share re: the environment, human progress and cat calendars.

Please sign the petitions in Pattie’s bio.

Repost• pattiegonia let’s stick it to evil big oil. 🛢️🚫‼️ comment “DONE” when you’ve signed!

#PlasticsTreaty #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Plastics #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #EndOil #plasticpollution #realsolutions #plasticfree #zerowaste #Reuse #Refill #INC4
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