by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
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A legally binding UN treaty to stop plastic pollution. This is what the Ellen MacArthur Foundation<\/strong> and WWF<\/strong> are asking for, as they launch a joint campaign. The appeal<\/a> becomes more and more urgent as we approach the end of February when the United Nations<\/strong> will be opening the fifth session of Enviroment Assembly <\/a>that will gather representatives from 193 countries in Nairobi.<\/p>\n “Every day we don\u2019t solve the plastic pollution crisis, it gets worse,” says the statement published by the two organizations. “Millions of tonnes of plastic leak into the environment<\/strong>, end up in landfills or are burned because of our take-make-waste<\/strong> linear economy. This is harming nature, using up natural resources, and contributing to the climate and biodiversity crises, while billions of dollars worth of valuable materials are being lost to the economy.” All of this is harming many different environments, from oceans to agricultural soils<\/a> where plastic<\/strong> contamination is a major threat.<\/p>\n