{"id":116950,"date":"2023-09-20T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/new-report-proposes-15-global-policies-to-end-plastic-pollution\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T08:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T05:00:20","slug":"new-report-proposes-15-global-policies-to-end-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/new-report-proposes-15-global-policies-to-end-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"New report proposes 15 global policies to end plastic pollution"},"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\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\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=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116950\" \/>\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    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>According to the report, global policy inaction could increase virgin plastic production by 66% from 430 million tonnes (Mt) in 2019 to 712 Mt in 2040, nearly double annual mismanaged plastics to 250Mt, and increase greenhouse gas emissions by 63% by 2040 relative to 2019 levels. It also claims \u201cfurther and stronger\u201d measures are needed to fully end all aspects of plastic pollution and align the plastic system with the Paris Climate Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The report \u2018Towards Ending Plastic Pollution by 2040: 15 Global Policy Interventions for Systems Change\u2019 was commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment and Climate and developed by Systemiq. President of the Nordic Council of Ministers for Climate and the Environment, Gudlaugur Th\u00f3r Th\u00f3rdarson, Icelandic Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate, commented: \u201cAn ambitious plastic treaty is a unique opportunity to end plastic pollution by 2040.<\/p>\n<p>The policy interventions it proposes are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Targets to reduce virgin plastic volumes.<\/li>\n<li>Virgin plastic fees to fund solutions across the plastic lifecycle.<\/li>\n<li>Application-specific levers to reduce plastic consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Bans on avoidable single-use plastics.<\/li>\n<li>Reuse targets for avoidable single-use plastics.<\/li>\n<li>Phaseout criteria for problematic plastics, polymer applications and chemicals of concern.<\/li>\n<li>Design rules for safe reuse, repair, durability and cost-effective recycling.<\/li>\n<li>Targets for collection and recycling rates.<\/li>\n<li>Modulated EPR schemes applied across sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Controls for a just transition for the informal sector.<\/li>\n<li>Restrictions on plastic waste trade.<\/li>\n<li>Standards on the controlled disposal of waste that cannot be prevented or safely recycled.<\/li>\n<li>Mitigation and removal programmes for legacy plastics in the environment.<\/li>\n<li>Upstream policies to reduce microplastic use and emissions.<\/li>\n<li>Downstream policies to capture microplastics, followed by controlled disposal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/new-report-proposes-15-global-policies-to-end-plastic-pollution\/\">Circular Online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/1-402\/\">New report proposes 15 global policies to end plastic pollution<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","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":[575,759,362],"class_list":["post-116950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-plastic-pollution","tag-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}