Pour un traité sur les plastiques ambitieux et qui aborde la totalité du cycle de vie des plastiques

Friends of the Earth International calls for an ambitious, legally binding global plastics treaty that covers the full lifecycle of plastics. The statement highlights the link between plastics and fossil fuel interests, the injustice of waste colonialism where rich nations export plastic waste to the Global South, and the need for production limits. It provides examples of grassroots resistance to petrochemical expansion in the US, waste reduction efforts in El Salvador, legal challenges to industry influence in Canada, and the essential role of informal waste pickers in Argentina.

• The document asserts that plastics are fundamentally linked to the fossil fuel industry and that any effective solution must address corporate power and the practice of 'waste colonialism,' where high-consuming wealthy nations export plastic waste to countries in the Global South.
• In the United States, specifically in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'—a 137 km stretch with over 200 industrial plants—communities are resisting the expansion of petrochemical production by companies like Formosa Plastics, which disproportionately affects low-resource communities and communities of color.
• The statement emphasizes that a global treaty must include production limits and the removal of funding for petrochemical companies from banks, pension funds, and investors to eliminate plastics at the source.
• In Canada, the plastic industry has used legal action to challenge the national ban on certain single-use plastics, and there is a call to exclude multinational corporations from treaty negotiations to prevent them from limiting the treaty's scope.
• In Argentina, informal waste pickers from the popular economy play a critical role in plastic waste reduction and should be involved in co-management with the state to ensure labor rights and effective waste handling.

APA

Fandel, G. (2024). Pour un traité sur les plastiques ambitieux et qui aborde la totalité du cycle de vie des plastiques. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/fr/pour-un-traite-sur-le-cycle-de-vie-des-plastiques/

Chicago

Fandel, Ghislaine. Pour un traité sur les plastiques ambitieux et qui aborde la totalité du cycle de vie des plastiques. Friends of the Earth International, 2024. https://www.foei.org/fr/pour-un-traite-sur-le-cycle-de-vie-des-plastiques/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{fandel2024pour, author = {Fandel, Ghislaine}, title = {{Pour un traité sur les plastiques ambitieux et qui aborde la totalité du cycle de vie des plastiques}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2024}, month = apr, url = {https://www.foei.org/fr/pour-un-traite-sur-le-cycle-de-vie-des-plastiques/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }