Lobbyists Greenpeace unveiled an artwork in Paris on Saturday, May 27, in the shape of a machine churning out bottles in front of an oil derrick to coincide with talks on eliminating plastic waste. | Reuters
Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong said his 5-meter-high work by the River Seine showed the link between fossil fuels and plastic pollution, which could triple in the next four decades.With only about 9% of waste recycled from 460 million tons of plastic produced each year, the United Nations-organized Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution aims for a legally-binding pact to eliminate more.
“If we do not act, by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans,” French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna tweeted on Saturday, quoting the United Nations.
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