Plastic Treaty – transparency requirement for chemicals constituents in plastic is a must

For the negotiations of the plastic treaty a series of documents were developed and published. You can find the documents and a short film on this website below. Here is a list of the publications for a quick overview.

The missing piece – What you need to consider about transparency in the new plastics treaty

Potential options for elements towards an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (Submission for INC2)

Recycling of Plastics, Transparency and Traceability

Transparency and Traceability of chemicals in manufactured materials and products

Full and selective information disclosure for chemicals in plastics

Call to action: More than 70 NGO calling for transparency requirements in the plastic treaty

Global Plastics Treaty – transparency requirement for chemical constituents in plastic is a must (Submission for INC1)

The missing piece – What you need to consider about transparency in the new plastic treaty

Potential options for elements towards an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution

Read our submission to INC2 of the plastic treaty.

The submission is also available on the UNEP INC website: https://www.unep.org/events/conference/second-session-intergovernmental-negotiating-committee-develop-international

Recycling of Plastics, Transparency and Traceability

Transparency and Traceability of chemicals in manufactured materials and products

Full and selective information disclosure for chemicals in plastics

Watch a two-minute statement summarizing our INC2 submission

More than 70 NGO calling for transparency requirements in the plastic treaty

We are calling on governments to:

  • Include ambitious, binding and harmonized requirements for transparency of information on chemicals used in plastic production and in plastic materials and products in the text of the Plastic Treaty
  • Apply the right-to-know principle along the whole plastic lifecycle and make the information publicly available to everyone everywhere

Global Plastics Treaty – transparency requirement for chemical constituents in plastic is a must

Despite the importance of addressing chemical contamination caused by plastic, information about chemicals in plastic is not disclosed. Lack of transparency regarding the chemical composition of plastics undermines plastic management to reduce pollution.

In this publication, HEJSupport, SSNC and groundWorkSA discuss the urgency of chemical information transparency in plastics and ways to address it within and outside the value chain and throughout the plastic lifecycle. We argue that disclosing chemical constituents in plastic contributes to plastic pollution reduction, resource efficiency via a toxic-free circular economy and promotes the public right to know.