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Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)<\/a> Inger Andersen said it is all about \u201credesign\u201d of products, packaging and systems to combat plastic pollution.<\/p>\n

Addressing the second meeting of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-2)<\/a>, she called for redesigning products to use less plastic \u2013 particularly unnecessary and problematic plastics, referring to the use of micro and nano plastics in so many hygiene and beauty products.<\/p>\n

She also urged redesigning product packaging and product shipping to use less plastic as well as redesigning systems and products for reuse and recyclability.<\/p>\n

Recycled polymer must become a valuable material, prized by companies, households and governments, she highlighted.<\/p>\n

She also called for redesign the broader system for justice. \u201cAs we roll out redesign of our waste management system, and as we roll out Extended Producer Responsibility schemes, we must ensure that we redesign for justice. For the workers in the informal waste sector, for the waste pickers, who amount to a total of some 20 million people. We must include the voices of indigenous people and other marginalized communities. These groups deserve decent jobs and the fulfilment of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, now enshrined by the UN General Assembly.\u00a0This agreement must deliver for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy point here is that plastic has been the default option in design for too long. Disposability has been the default option in design for too long. Leaving poor communities to eke out a living from the plastic scraps others leave behind has been the default option for too long. It is time for chemists, manufacturers and process engineers to get creative. It is time for governments to get creative. It is time for consumers to get creative,\u201d she highlighted.<\/p>\n

\u201cA full market transformation \u2013 backed by policy, transparency and regulatory change \u2013 could virtually eliminate plastic pollution by 2040. Reduce the pressure on recycling and waste management systems, so they can cope. There are huge potential savings for the private and the public sectors, including through reduced social, environmental and human health costs. Reduced greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d Andersen added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must also act on legacy pollution. Huge amounts of plastic have accumulated in the environment. Some plastics will continue to fail the circularity test over the next 20 years. A coordinated effort to stop pollution at source, while investing in waste management, clean-up and consumption patterns, can help address this toxic trail,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will take leadership to deliver \u2013 while ensuring a just transition for workers in the informal waste sector and everybody involved in the plastics industry,\u201d Andersen added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe private sector must be part of the solution. To this key group I would say: do not wait for the agreement. If transforming the plastics industry is a good idea under the agreement \u2013 and it is \u2013 it is also a good idea now. It is a no-regrets strategy. Yes, engage fully in the INC process, but start innovating your way away from plastic pollution immediately,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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