Unloading of plastic garbage collected in the sea from a fishing vessel off the east coast of China. In Geneva, negotiations were started under the agreement on the fight against pollution by plastic Climate and environment In Geneva on Tuesday, negotiations began on the conclusion of a legally binding international agreement to combat environmental pollution by plastic. & Amp; nbsp; delegations of almost 180 countries take part in consultations. “The world needs a traditional plastic agreement, because the crisis gets out of control, and people are outraged,” said INger Andersen, the Executive Director of the UN Environment (UNUP), which oversees the course of negotiations. “No one wants to live in conditions of pollution with plastic.” If you do not take urgent measures, then, according to UNEP, by 2060, production and, accordingly, the volume of plastic waste will be tripled, which will lead to significant damage to the environment and health of people. ~ h2 > in search consensus 60 > director of the Switzerland of the Switzerland for the protection of the environment of the Catherine Schneberger supported the call to the conclusion of a legally binding international plastic treaty: “Plastic waste clies our lakes, harm wild nature and threaten human health,” she said. – This is more than just an environmental problem, it is a global challenge that requires urgent and collective actions. ” ~ 60 >“ Achieving a general understanding that measures must be taken from manufacturers and consumers, can help unlock negotiations, ”emphasized Shnebergger. system transformation Supporters of signing the contract compare it in importance with the Paris Climate Agreement. They also indicate pressure, which is claimed to exert on the participants of the negotiations, the oil -producing countries: raw oil and natural gas are the main components of plastics. ~ 60 >~ 60 > “We will not be able to get out of the pollution crisis by recycling: we need a systemic transformation to move on to the economy Closed cycle, ”said UNEP ING Andersen, Executive Director. Supporters of the agreement hope that it will cover the entire life cycle of plastics, from design to production and disposal. According to the text, which currently underlies negotiations conducted by the intergovernmental negotiation committee (MPC), the contract must facilitate the creation of a closed cycle of plastic circulation and prevent it from entering the environment. The draft agreement, consisting of 22 pages, contains 32 articles that will be discussed by line. 62 ~ atmosphere of goodwill “some countries will be reduced by plastic production, others – its mechanical mechanical & nbsp; processing, others – the development of alternative plastic materials, ”said Inger Andersen. -It seems to me that the atmosphere of goodwill is currently in the working group. ”~ 60 > 62 ~ negotiations under the auspices of UNEP follow the decision of the Member States to develop a legally binding document that will allow a crisis of pollution within two years plastic. 60 > scale of the problem is huge: straws, cups, bags and cosmetics containing micrograneles – only some of the disposable products that fall into the oceans and on the oceans in giant quantities Landfills. ~ 60 > activists gathered on the sidelines of Geneva negotiations expressed the hope that the contract would be as ambitious as possible. Among them was Shelan Saling from California, representing a youth network of plastic combat actions (YPAN). & Amp; NBSP; “Plastic affects everything: from climate to health and fertility and even leads to congenital defectoam,” she said in an interview & nbsp; UN news service. – The time has come. ”