Almost a 2 #Timmies/ m² (on @saskboy 's scale) in one area during the plog today.
Found a few of these thin plastic strips, which are from the tar lines on asphalt shingles. They easily get caught in the wind and blow away. Often find them wrapped around tall grasses. Can they not use paper strips instead? #PlasticPollution #PlasticPollutionTreaty
And, the fourth stop on the drafting of a global plastics treaty is presently underway in Ottawa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F77XFvSMTVo
A fifth and final summit will be held in South Korea later this year. Hopefully, whatever is decided upon has a binding, meaningful purpose, and isn't just a feel-good exercise.
#PlasticPollution #PlasticPollutionTreaty #Oceans
Summit on curbing global plastic waste begins in Ottawa

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The problem of plastic pollution is too big for any one nation to handle. That’s why we need a global approach. It’s worked before with the ozone layer and acid rain and it can work again with plastic.
We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why
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We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why

United Nations efforts to advance a global treaty on plastic pollution echo past multilateral agreements that tackled ozone layer depletion and acid rain.

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