{"id":114695,"date":"2023-06-05T09:05:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T06:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/world-must-work-as-one-to-end-plastic-pollution-guterres\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T09:05:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T06:05:45","slug":"world-must-work-as-one-to-end-plastic-pollution-guterres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/world-must-work-as-one-to-end-plastic-pollution-guterres\/","title":{"rendered":"World must \u2018work as one\u2019 to end plastic pollution: Guterres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114695\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nAs international negotiators committed to hammering out a draft treaty by November on ending plastic pollution, the UN chief stressed in his message for World Environment Day on Monday, the importance of curbing the \u201ccatastrophic\u201d consequences of waste plastics. \u201cEvery year, over 400 million tons of plastic is produced worldwide \u2013 one third of which is used just once\u201d, said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, the equivalent of over 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic is dumped into our oceans, rivers, and lakes.\u201d He noted that microplastics are finding their way into the food we eat, the water we drink, and even the air we breathe. \u201cPlastic is made from fossil fuels \u2013 the more plastic we produce, the more fossil fuel we burn, and the worse we make the climate crisis\u201d, the UN chief said.<\/p>\n<p>But solutions are at hand: including the legally binding agreement that remains on course, following five days of negotiations involving more than 130 nations last week. \u201cThis is a promising first step, but we need all hands-on deck\u201d, he said, stressing that a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that plastic pollution can be reduced by a staggering 80 per cent by 2040 \u2013 if humankind acts now to reuse, recycle, and pivot away from plastics. \u201cWe must work as one \u2013 governments, companies, and consumers alike \u2013 to break our addiction to plastics, champion zero waste, and build a truly circular economy. Together, let us shape a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statistics for the damage caused by plastics are daunting: more than\u202f400 million tonnes of plastic\u202fis produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled, according to UN figures. An estimated\u202f19-23 million tonnes\u202fend up in lakes, rivers and seas annually &#8211; approximately the weight of 2,200 Eiffel Towers.<\/p>\n<p>Microplastics\u202f\u2013 defined as plastic particles up to 5mm in diameter \u2013 find their way into everything we consume and breathe. It is estimated that each person on the planet consumes more than 50,000 plastic particles per year \u2013and many more if inhalation is considered. Discarded or burnt single-use plastic harms human health and biodiversity and pollutes every ecosystem from mountain tops to the ocean floor.<\/p>\n<p>With available science and solutions to tackle the problem, governments, companies and other stakeholders must scale up and speed actions to solve this crisis, said the UN, underscoring the importance of \u202fWorld Environment Day\u202f\u201din mobilizing transformative action from every corner of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/06\/1137322\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/world-must-work-as-one-to-end-plastic-pollution-guterres\/\">World must \u2018work as one\u2019 to end plastic pollution: Guterres<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1043,10253,452,402,606,607,608,671],"class_list":["post-114695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-end","tag-plastick","tag-pollution","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien","tag-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}