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EPISODE · Jun 8, 2023 · 28 MIN

Can a global treaty stop plastic pollution?

from Today in the EU · host Euractiv

This week on the 100th episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast, we dive into the negotiations on a potentially groundbreaking global treaty to end plastic pollution.Eirik Lindebjerg, Global Plastics Policy Lead at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Willemijn Peeters, CEO & Founder of Searious business, a company that aims to prevent plastic pollution, join us in conversation to discuss what has been done so far, what we can expect from the treaty, what a global, legally-binding plastics treaty would mean in practice.

This week on the 100th episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast, we dive into the negotiations on a potentially groundbreaking global treaty to end plastic pollution.Eirik Lindebjerg, Global Plastics Policy Lead at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Willemijn Peeters, CEO & Founder of Searious business, a company that aims to prevent plastic pollution, join us in conversation to discuss what has been done so far, what we can expect from the treaty, what a global, legally-binding plastics treaty would mean in practice.

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