Shomuyiwa Deborah Oluwaseun, Onukansi Francisca Ogochukwu, Ivanova Maria, Lucero-Prisno Don Eliseo
Faculty of Pharmacy University of Lagos Lagos Nigeria.
Department of Public Health Federal University of Technology Owerri Owerri Nigeria.
Public Health Chall. 2023 Apr 4;2(2):e83. doi: 10.1002/puh2.83. eCollection 2023 Jun.
The new plastic treaty, slated for 2024, represents a shift in the global fight to address environmental pollution and degradation. The international agreement, unlike previous resolutions, covers the lifecycle of plastics and represents a legally binding instrument for ending plastic pollution across all ecosystems. Plastic waste contamination poses significant challenges to African nations. It challenges food security, ecological variation and economic development. The African region has been identified with a high level of enactment of waste management policies but a deficiency of sustainable measures to adopt and implement these policies. The new treaty could provide an instrument for collaboration and innovation and set the stage for Africa to transition to a sustainable plastics environment that promotes zero-waste.
定于2024年出台的新塑料条约，标志着全球应对环境污染和退化斗争的转变。这项国际协定与以往决议不同，涵盖了塑料的生命周期，是一项具有法律约束力的文书，旨在消除所有生态系统中的塑料污染。塑料垃圾污染给非洲国家带来了重大挑战。它对粮食安全、生态多样性和经济发展构成挑战。非洲地区虽然制定了大量废物管理政策，但在采用和实施这些政策方面缺乏可持续措施。新条约可为合作与创新提供一种手段，并为非洲向促进零废物的可持续塑料环境过渡奠定基础。
