#plasticstreaty — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #plasticstreaty, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: Microplastics are everywhere, even in human testicles. So will the patriarchy finally step in? ~ The Guardian
“This is the sixth attempt at a plastic pollution treaty since plastic started turning up in brains, livers, kidneys, blood, joints and your balls, and the UN decided “hey, maybe this is a problem?” back in 2022. The previous five attempts have failed…
“Well may some men fear that the radical humanity of feminism will deprive them of status, power and even identity – but it’s not the sisterhood busting your balls, fellas. It’s chiefly the fossil-fuel interests of usual suspects like China, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US in the form of 460m tonnes of synthetic garbage spewed on to the planet every year.
“Now microplastics are found everywhere from the peak of Mt Everest to the depths of the Mariana Trench. Lord Howe Island is a volcanic rock island about 600km off the Australian east coast governed under a conservation authority applying strict visitor controls, and if you squeeze the muttonbirds there (please don’t), they are so full of plastic that they crunch.”
#Plastic #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticPollution #OceanCleanUp #TheGreatPacificGarbagePatch #AtlanticGarbagePatch #Fertility #BallBreaking #BallBusting #VanBadham #TheGuardian #Auspol #LordHowe
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💡Groundbreaking new research covering a major blind spot: #nanoplastic! Showing huge quantities of nanoplastics in the ocean, which reiterates the point that we must limit #plastic pollution urgently and close the tap to prevent yet more plastics breaking down into nanoplastics! #PlasticsTreaty
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Important new ‚Wake-up call‘ ahead of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations in August: „To this end, the treaty should provide for the possibility of decision-making, through regular UN procedures if all efforts to reach consensus have been exhausted.” #UNOC3 #UNOC25 #Plastic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehailstone/2025/06/11/campaigners-welcome-wake-up-call-for-global-plastics-treaty/ -
RT by @EU_ENV: 1000 days ago the world agreed to #BeatPlasticPollution at #UNEA5.
Today #INC5 begins. We must now nail the text of the #PlasticsTreaty to protect our environment, our health and our future.
Now is the time for a deal.
We do not have another 1000 days to wait.
[2024-11-25 01:24 UTC]