UNEP - UNEA Visits Plastic Recycling Project in Nairobi

NAIROBI, KENYA - 2022/02/26: A worker pours shredded plastics on a conveyor at a recycling plant. Discussions to chart a way forward for a global plastic treaty to address the growing plastic pollution problem will begin this week during the United Nations Environmental Assembly UNEA 5.2). With two draft resolutions on the table, member countries will address the entire life cycle of plastics proposed by Rwanda and Peru or Japan's draft resolution that emphasizes better plastic waste management. More than 50 countries and environmental groups support regulations that impose caps on virgin plastics production. (Photo by James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)