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Participación de Miembros de IPEN Latinoamérica en la COP de los Convenios de Basilea, Róterdam y Estocolmo
Los miembros de IPEN LAC, María Isabel Cárcamo de RAP-AL Uruguay, y Larisa de Orbe de la Academia Mexicana de Derecho Ambiental participan activamente en la triple Conferencia de las Partes (COP) de los Convenios de Basilea, Róterdam y Estocolmo que se realiza en Ginebra, Suiza, del 6 al 17 de junio.
Gracias a su gestión e invocando el Acuerdo de Escazú, se logró que se permitiera su presencia todo el tiempo en las reuniones del Grupo de Países de América Latina y el Caribe (GRULAC), en lugar de dar pequeños mensajes de dos minutos como era frecuente en conferencias anteriores. Esto es un gran logro que permite tener una mayor interacción con los delegados y darse cuenta mejor de la dinámica regional y crea un antecedente para futuras reuniones de estos Convenios.
Por otra parte, las compañeras participaron activamente haciendo intervenciones en plenaria a nombre de IPEN, en las acciones organizadas y en los eventos paralelos organizados por IPEN. A continuación, un breve resumen de su participación en la triple COP 2022, hasta el 14 de junio del 2022.
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Preproduction plastics as pellets, or "nurdles", can carry many different chemicals, both those added to the plastics and pollutants that attach (sorb) to them in the environment. Often lost during production, transportation, and storage, pellets have been found on beaches all over the world since the 1970s. This study of plastic pellets gathered from beaches in 23 different countries contained many chemicals of concern, some in very high concentrations.
Widespread chemical contamination of recycled plastic pellets globally
Because almost all plastics contain toxic chemicals, recycling processes can perserve and can even generate toxic chemicals, such as dioxins. In this study, pellets made from recycled HDPE, intended for use in new products, were purchased from 24 recyclers in 23 countries and analyzed for 18 substances. The large number of toxic chemicals in many of the samples highlights the need to rethink recycling to ensure it does not perpetuate harms..
Plastic’s Toxic Chemical Problem: A Growing public health crisis
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Plastic Waste Management Hazards
Plastic waste has become an unprecedented pollution issue, blanketing our planet in the petrochemical remnants of plastic production. This report examines current and emerging methods by which plastic waste is managed globally and questions whether any of them present a solution to the rapidly accelerating generation of plastic waste. In short, they don't and the only long-term answer is to produce less plastic.
Regional Coordinator
Red de Accion en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas para America Latina (RAPAM) / Centro de Analisis y Accion en Toxicos y sus Alternativas (CAATA)
Based in Mexico
RAPAM / CAATA has the mission to promote the progressive phase-out of hazardous chemicals that threaten human health and the environment, and to change public policy to support alternatives including agroecological agriculture, clean production and exercising rights for a healthy and toxics-free environment for the present and future generations.
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