"...you have to look at plastic production to solve the crisis — including the extraction of fossil fuels and the toxic chemical additives."
IPEN Co-Chair Dr. Tadesse Amera, commenting to the Associated Press at the start of the Plastics Treaty INC-2 in Paris, 29 May, 2023.
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The Plastics Treaty negotiations are scheduled to continue through 2025, with regular sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC).
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