{"id":13836,"date":"2022-06-07T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/a-sharp-increase-in-plastic-production-and-waste-by-2060-warns-the-oecd\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:51:18","slug":"a-sharp-increase-in-plastic-production-and-waste-by-2060-warns-the-oecd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/a-sharp-increase-in-plastic-production-and-waste-by-2060-warns-the-oecd\/","title":{"rendered":"A sharp increase in plastic production and waste by 2060, warns the OECD."},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-Syim-C3O5 tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-ByxoQb0h_q\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-SJ0870n_9\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-BJMoXW02Oc   \" ><style>.tatsu-BJMoXW02Oc .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"swatch-white\">The hundreds of millions of tonnes of waste produced every year, which degrade into microplastics, end up in all the world&#8217;s oceans, in ice floes, in the bodies of humans and animals, and even in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/planete\/article\/2021\/12\/22\/des-microplastiques-venus-des-oceans-detectes-dans-l-air-au-dessus-des-pyrenees_6107036_3244.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mountain-top air<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"swatch-white\">The OECD is evaluating two scenarios with enhanced measures covering the entire plastics life cycle (production\/use\/recycling or disposal), as provided for in the mandate given to the negotiators of the future international treaty. However, these two scenarios do not prevent a sharp increase in plastic use and waste production.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"swatch-white\">Only the quantities of&nbsp;&#8221;&nbsp;mishandled waste&nbsp;&#8221;&nbsp;and&nbsp;&#8221;&nbsp;plastic discharges&nbsp;&#8221;&nbsp;into the environment would fall in absolute terms compared with 2019 levels.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap   tatsu-Sy7om-ChO5   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/reporterre.net\/Une-monstrueuse-montagne-de-plastique-s-annonce-pour-2060\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"Reporterre (FR)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reporterre (FR)<\/a><style>.tatsu-Sy7om-ChO5 .tatsu-button:hover{background-color: rgba(74,144,226,1);color: #ffffff ;border-color: rgba(74,144,226,1); }.tatsu-Sy7om-ChO5 .tatsu-button{color: #ffffff ;border-width: 1px;border-color: #fff; 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