Environmentalists say a plan agreed upon by a majority of leaders at the G7 Summit in Quebec to keep plastics from polluting the Earth’s oceans is encouraging, but should be binding.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a joint communiqué at the end of the summit that he and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. agreed to a plastics charter that would deal with the pollution created by single-use plastics items like bottles, cups and bags that have become everyday items of modern life.
“Five countries also agreed to a <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlasticsCharter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#PlasticsCharter</a>, which speaks to our common resolve to eradicate plastic pollution. This is an important step towards achieving a life cycle economy, in which all plastics would be recycled and repurposed.” –
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