UN meeting now declares ‘end of plastic pollution’

Vintz Plastics Limited director Vanita Halai at one of their stores in Pipeline, Nakuru. The county government has partnered with the company to help create jobs for residents. [Daniel Chege, Standard]

World leaders in Nairobi yesterday endorsed a landmark agreement to end plastic pollution in the next two years. The heads of state and environmentalists from 175 countries made the historic resolution against plastic production during the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in Gigiri, Nairobi.

The resolution ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards a legally binding instrument’, aims to tackle plastic pollution in marine and other environments through reduction in product design, consumption and waste management.