Earlier this year, delegates from 175 countries endorsed a historic resolution to end plastic pollution during the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). This was an important step in dealing with the dire consequences of the world’s growing plastic waste crisis.
Now, policymakers are meeting again in Portugal for the United Nations Ocean Conference where the danger is overreach. Blanket bans, while satisfying in the short run, can unintentionally limit innovation, which is needed to tackle global pollution.
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