{"id":6428,"date":"2023-10-16T17:58:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/2023\/10\/composites-sustainability-acma-insider-october-19-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T17:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:58:03","slug":"composites-sustainability-acma-insider-october-19-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/composites-sustainability-acma-insider-october-19-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Composites Sustainability – ACMA Insider – October 19, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
Draft <\/span>T<\/span>reaty <\/span>A<\/span>ims to <\/span>E<\/span>liminate<\/span> P<\/span>lastic <\/span>P<\/span>ollution<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The \u201czero draft\u201d of an international treaty on plastics pollution, prepared for review by a UN Environmental Program negotiating committee at a Nov. 13-19 meeting in Kenya, calls for phased-in limits or restrictions on plastic production, requirements for product design, composition and performance, minimum use of recycled content, extended producer responsibility, and other actions to eliminate end-of-life plastic in the environment.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>The most contentious issue is expected to be whether the treaty will specify how its objectives are to be accomplished or if it only sets objectives for which each country will develop its own policies and regulatory programs. ACMA is working with the US Department of State and other polymer industry trade groups to ensure that durable products like composites are not inadvertently included in requirements targeted at disposable packing and other \u201csingle use\u201d plastic products.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n