We are in the midst of a plastic crisis. Plastic pollutes at every stage of its lifecycle from when the oil and gas is extracted to produce it, to the end products that litter our streets, pollute our beaches and harm our wildlife.
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India has shelved a planned crackdown on single-use plastic due to business worries over disruption.
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Now even schools are ready to take the challenge of eliminating our dependence on single-use plastics. They set themselves a target to refrain from single-use plastics by 2022.
Our modern world was designed for mass consumption and waste. Choosing to build a circular economy will be integral to the future of our planet.
The General Conference, in its resolution GC.18/Res.7, requested the UNIDO to organize consultations on circular economy for experts from Member States with a view to facilitating exchanges on best practices, and emerging innovations and the promotion and adoption of circular economy principles and practices by industries of Member States. The objective of the consultations on circular economy is to consider ways and means to promote circular economy principles and practices, in particular in developing countries, identify barriers and devise action-oriented solutions.