The global waste treaty

Whilst I applaud those who make individual efforts to excavate the use of single-use plastic, without a surge of measure from the government; marine mammals will continue to clean up after our messes.

Upon reading for this post, there is an excessive promise of all the solutions that 'could' happen. And, in my opinion, this single word is the problem. The backbone to one of the most life-threatening issues on planet earth right now. Sure, every solution has its barriers. They may not have a 100% success rate, but why am I reading articles suggesting the banning of single use plastic cutlery, rather than the new policies for the ban of these (simply put) unnecessary items, despite petitions of over 100,000 signatures in favour of the banning of all single use plastic.

England uses 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery — most of which are plastic — per year, but only 10% are recycled upon disposal. To think that the United Kingdom is known as a global leader in the move towards sustainability. A current section of the news is highlighting the urgency to work together, not as a nation, or a continent, but a planet to undo what we can. As much as voluntary acts of environmental goodness are all improving our current situation, the next step is a global treaty, a common and urgent plan as a solid solution.

Plastic pollution doesn't care about boarders. Micro plastics will be around for generations longer than we can even begin to comprehend. Below are a series of petitions you can sign to prove that citizens are behind the a movement of action, rather than a movement of empty promises.

https://wwf.panda.org/act/take_action/plastics_campaign_page/

https://www.change.org/p/united-nations-call-for-un-treaty-on-prevention-reduction-and-removal-of-plastic-in-our-environment

Image below; taken at St. Ives highlighting the items of litter found.

Image below; oil spillage in Falmouth Bay