This is to help inform the RTG’s engagement at the INC-5 meeting, which is slated to be the final round of negotiations for an instrument to address plastic pollution, and where the issue of plastic production is to be intensely debated. [...] 4 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THAILAND’S PLASTIC PRODUCTION In order to estimate the GHG emissions from primary plastic production in Thailand, EJF uses the emission factor for the production of each polymer type according to the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (TGO).12 We multiplied the emission factor of each polymer type with the estimated production quantity for each polymer. [...] That same day, the regional environmental and pollution control office reported “elevated” levels of the carcinogen vinyl chloride in the area.25 “ THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES WITH THE POWER TO PERMIT THE EXPANSION OR THE INCREASE IN THE QUANTITY OF PLASTIC FACTORIES SHOULD CONSIDER THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF IMPACTS, SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS, FROM AIR TO WATER POLLUTION, WH. [...] This study shows that plastic pollution has intervened at every stage of the ecosystem and food chain, finally entering the human body.28 8 “ PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND POLYMERS THAT FAIL THE SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY, AND ESSENTIAL USE CRITERIA While the phrase “problematic and avoidable plastic products” is used in the ILBI negotiation, the criteria for such products are yet to be agreed upon. [...] To calculate the production data for each polymer type in 2019, we used the number for the total plastic resins production as reported by the Plastics Institute of Thailand (PIT) in their 2020 Plastics Facts & Figures report: 9.027 million tonnes or approximately 9.0 million tonnes.47 Different sources give different estimates on the proportion of each polymer type for the year 2019, and the PIT r.
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Table of Contents
- ROOM FOR REDUCTION 2
- PLASTIC PRODUCTION AN UNSUSTAINABLE CRISIS 4
- EQUIVALENT TO 5
- FROM MILLION CARS 5
- OF FROM 5
- PRODUCTION 5
- WASTE GENERATION 7
- 62.86 8.69 9
- 0.11 1.88 9
- 18.47 6.17 9
- 0.82 1 9
- 10.9 0.1 12
- 7.7 0.6 12
- 2.8 12
- 0.2 0.2 12
- 0.2 12
- 0.3 0.3 12
- 0.8 12
- 1.3 12
- 515000 15
- 231000 15
- 1132250 15
- 7130732 15
- 9008982 15
- RECOMMENDATIONS 17
- REFERENCES 19
