Charlotte Pogue: Plastics plague
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Source: https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-eds/charlotte-pogue-plastics-plague/article_b4b16d20-0726-5deb-95d8-8749574cece6.html
THE BASEL CONVENTION is an international agreement barring countries from shipping various hazardous materials to another country without government permission. In 2019, plastic was added to the list. Of the 187 countries participating, only two have yet to ratify — Haiti and the world’s biggest plastics polluter, the United States.