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Join the #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution Dialogue showing examples of approaches to manage #ChemicalsofConcern & #plastics, contributing to discussions at the intersessional meeting in Bangkok on the #RoadToBusan.

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@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights With #INC5 scheduled to be the last part of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations, Valentina Sierra of #Uruguay highlights that the only way to tackle #PlasticPollution is through a framework of an international legally-binding agreement, especially necessary for developing countries. Image
@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva Providing an introduction to the work of the #PlasticTreaty #INC5 Expert Group 2, Tadesse Amera of IPEN (@ToxicsFree), as one of the nominated technical experts, highlights ongoing efforts to address health & toxics aspects of #plastics, respecting the UNEA resolution mandate. Image
@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva Providing an example of sectoral approach to chemicals in #plastics in #Indonesia, Yuyun Ismawati of @FokusNexus3 & @ToxicsFree stresses the importance of having the same terminology & of having #health sector awareness on plastic chemicals on NCDs and of the "nasty nine" toxics.


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@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva Sylvain Bintein of the @EU_Commission REACH and CLP Team presents the EU & its Member States conceptual approach to provisions of the #PlasticTreaty based on a model employed in the #StockholmConvention.


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@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva @EU_Commission Prof. Jinhui Li of @Tsinghua_Uni & #BaselConvention RC Asia/Pacific presents environmental management of #chemicals in #China, an advanced model based on different levels of listing, incl. mechanisms for envisaging new chemicals & with solid requirements for #plastics products.


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@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva @EU_Commission @Tsinghua_Uni @brsmeas "If it harms human health, it harms all people everywhere."

Highlighting States' obligations to protect human health & environment, Ana Paula Souza of @UNHumanRights highlights the importance of ensuring that plastics recycling should been done through a hazard based criteria. Image
@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva @EU_Commission @Tsinghua_Uni @brsmeas Making clear that more production means more pollution, Vito Buonsante of @ToxicsFree also highlights the need for effective global regulation of chemicals, that can ensure that plastics that do not poison human health and the environment.


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@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva @EU_Commission @Tsinghua_Uni @brsmeas @VitoABuonsante Hyacinth Mboh of @Minepded1 #Cameroon highlights the country's barriers in the management of #chemicals in plastics, including lack of capacity & weak enforcement measures to ensure compliance, and the importance of having an international legally-binding treaty to address these. Image
@ToxicsFree @HACplastic @ciel_tweets @TESSForum @ismawati64 @FokusNexus3 @EU_ENV @NorwayInGeneva @IUCN_Plastics @UNHumanRights @UruguayONUGva @EU_Commission @Tsinghua_Uni @brsmeas @VitoABuonsante @Minepded1 Thank you for joining this #GENeva #BeatPlasticPollution Dialogue on potential approaches to #plastic products and #ChemicalsofConcern, ahead of the intersessional meeting in Bangkok on the #RoadtoBusan. #PlasticsTreaty

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