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Ocean Plastics Charter.

Pays/Territoire
Canada
Type du document
Miscellaneous
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén., Mer
Mot clé
Pollution de la mer Gestion des zones côtières Recyclage/réemploi Déchets non-ménagers Gestion des déchets Prévention des déchets Élimination de déchets Recherche Collectivité locale
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

The Charter lays the groundwork to ensure plastics are designed for reuse and recycling through a more resource-efficient and suitable approach to the management of plastics with a view of avoiding unnecessary use of plastics and prevent waste, and to ensure that plastics are designed for recovery, reuse, recycling and end-of-life management to prevent waste through various policy measures. The following 5 groups of measures shall be implemented: (a) sustainable design, production and after-use markets - towards 100% reusable, recyclable, or, where viable alternatives do not exist, recoverable, plastics by 2030; significant reduction of the unnecessary use of single-use plastics; reduction of waste and support secondary plastics markets and alternatives to plastic; and increasing recycled content by at least 50% in plastic products where applicable by 2030; (b) collection, management and other systems and infrastructure - recycling and reuse at least 55% of plastic packaging by 2030 and recover 100% of all plastics by 2040; prevention of leakage of plastics into the marine environment from all sources, and enable their collection, reuse, recycling, recovery and/or environmentally-sound disposal; encouraging the application of a whole supply chain approach to plastic production toward greater responsibility and prevent unnecessary loss, including in pre-production plastic pellets; and working with relevant partners, in particular local governments, to advance efforts to reduce marine litter and plastics waste, notably but not exclusively in small island and remote communities, including through raising awareness; (c) sustainable lifestyles and education – strengthening measures to prevent plastics from entering the oceans, and strengthening standards for labelling to enable consumers to make sustainable decisions on plastics, including packaging; and support platforms for information sharing to foster awareness and education efforts on preventing and reducing plastic waste generation, plastics pollution and eliminating marine litter; (d) research, innovation and new technologies - calling on G7 Ministers of Environment at their forthcoming meeting to advance new initiatives, such as a G7 Plastics Innovation Challenge, to promote research and development of new and more sustainable technologies, design or production methods by the private sector and innovators to address plastics waste in the oceans with a focus on all stages of the production and supply chain; promoting the research, development and use of technologies to remove plastics and microplastics from waste water and sewage sludge; and collaborating on research on the sources and fate of plastics and their impact on human and marine health; and (e) coastal and shoreline action - encouraging campaigns on marine litter in G7 countries with youth and relevant partners to raise public awareness, collect data and remove debris from coasts and shorelines globally.

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Anglais
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