Southeast Asia is severely impacted by plastic pollution, which poses threats to the environment and human health.
This photo taken on Sept. 18, 2019 shows a woman sorting plastic items from piles of thrash to be sold at recycling shops in Manila. Junkyards have been a source of income for urban poor who live in communities near city dumpsites.MANILA, Philippines — Civil society organizations called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to take a firm stand in the penultimate meeting for the first ever treaty to address plastic pollution .
They also urged the ASEAN leadership to negotiate a treaty that rejects chemical recycling, incineration and waste-to-energy, mandates polluter and producer accountability, and places human rights and social justice at the core. Mayang Azurin, deputy director for Campaigns of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Asia Pacific, said that ASEAN leaders must hold wealthy countries accountable for dumping their plastic waste in Southeast Asia.
“We call on the ASEAN member countries to negotiate a plastics treaty that contains strong, legally binding control provisions to protect human health and the environment,” said Chinkie Pelino-Golle, regional coordinator of International Pollutants Elimination Network Southeast and East Asia.The United Nations member states will reconvene in November 2024 in South Korea for the fifth and final round of negotiations.
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