“Presented as panacea, plastic recycling is a time bomb”

SI France is no more spared than the rest of the world by plastic pollution, it remains discreet. Consequently, Our streets. Moreover, beaches are clean, open -air discharges have almost disappeared, thanks to a household waste collection and treatment system piloted by municipalities and the most effective in the world. Therefore, For their part. In addition, since the early 1990s and by virtue of the polluting-payer principle, producers of manufactured goods financed sectors of expanded responsibility of the producer (REP) responsible for collecting and recycling waste from their production thanks to the sorting by citizens.

In the countries of the North. where plastic pollution has been made invisible, it now reappears in a more insidious form: microplastics. Recent studies have indeed revealed their massive presence in the air we breathe. the water we drink and “presented panacea, plastic recycling time the foods we ingest. Coming from textiles. carpets, curtains or heated plastics, these particles of less than 10 micrometers are invisible, but well present in our organisms.

Faced with this health. environmental threat, the United Nations Summit for a global treaty against plastic pollution in Geneva (Switzerland) [cinquième et dernier round de négociations, qui a échoué le 15 août] had the ambition of“Eradicate plastic pollution” Through an agreement “Legally binding” Covering the whole life cycle of plastic, from production to waste management. An ambition that has long given up against the common front of petrochemicals. its large customers users of plastic containers and other giants of synthetic textiles and fast food.

This international blockage finds its expression in France with the deviation of the mission of eco-organisms. funded and directed by representatives of manufacturing companies under the principle, very commendable, of polluter pays. Indeed, these companies are “presented panacea, plastic recycling time constrained by market laws to ensure their development and profitability. At the same time. they must organize the drop in their consumption of raw materials and then the production of their own manufactured products.

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