According to sources on the 20th disclosed that as the response to marine plastic garbage and 'micro-plastic' a major international problem countermeasures, the United Nations will for the first time set up an expert group to discuss specific reduction methods and alternatives, as well as the response to the problems facing According to an analysis of the global annual about 10 million tons of plastic garbage into the sea, a move aimed at promoting countries to fundamentally strengthen the countermeasures.
The panel will discuss policy options, including legally binding international treaties, in order to reduce waste, and will also analyze the performance, cost, and popularity of plastic substitutes, etc., and compile recommendations on countermeasures. In recent years, Developing countries, especially the most serious, put forward effective countermeasures.
The United Nations will decide, on the basis of the recommendations of governments, etc., and will meet once or twice a year on the panel of experts, and it is planned that the results of the current discussion will be reported back to the Fourth United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi in March 2019, And international organizations to strengthen their initiatives.
According to the chief of the UN, the amount of plastic rubbish flowing into the ocean due to human activities is estimated to reach 8 million to 12 million tons every year, which has a serious impact on the ecosystem and the environment.
The European Commission’s (EU) standing enforcement agency decided that the use of disposable plastic containers and packaging should no longer be used in the European Union until 2030. In developing countries such as Kenya and Rwanda, the use of plastic shopping bags is banned. On the one hand, some countries have yet to take measures to become a cause of transcending border pollution.
Decomposition into microplastics with a diameter of 5 mm or less in marine rafting is also very serious. Due to the harmful chemical substances in the adsorbed environment, it was pointed out that there are chemical accumulations in sea birds and fish ingesting 'microplastics'. danger.