Future of Consumption

Why a global treaty is needed to tackle our plastics problem

A man on a scooter, pedestrians and cars pass by garbage piled up along a street in Beirut, Lebanon August 26, 2015. The powerful Shi'ite party Hezbollah and its Christian allies walked out of an emergency Lebanese cabinet meeting on Tuesday in protest at a proposed solution to a garbage disposal crisis that has ignited violent protests in Beirut. Public anger that has come to a head over the trash crisis turned violent at the weekend, with scores of protesters and security forces injured. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RTX1PRW2

The only way truly to address the problem is to slash our plastic waste. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lili Fuhr
Head of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Heinrich Boll Foundation
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