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said in December that it was seeking public comment on changes to its environmental advertising and labeling regulations, known as the Green Guides. Last revised in 2012, the guides are meant to protect consumers from companies that make false claims about their efforts to protect the environment. Since then, the problem of how to handle plastic waste has intensified. said, was a 2018 policy shift in China, which used to take millions of tons of American plastic waste. They look at the stuff that they bought from the store, they see recycling symbols on it and they put it in the recycling bin.”
Persons: John Hocevar, “ I’ve, Mr, Hocevar, Organizations: Greenpeace, Green Guides, Greenpeace U.S.A Locations: United States, China
In an emailed statement, Monica Medina, the U.S. official leading its treaty negotiations, said the country was committed to ending plastic pollution by 2040. Japan's vice minister for global environmental affairs, Hiroshi Ono, said he knew of a proposed coalition on plastic involving the United States but declined further comment. "We don't need a treaty for countries to decide themselves what their national actions should be. We need a treaty that can actually add on top of that," said Eirik Lindebjerg, global plastics policy manager at WWF, calling such an approach a "light touch." Calls for tougher global measures such as those focused on plastic production have also met resistance from the powerful oil and petrochemical firms that make plastic.
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