Global Plastics Treaty

Toxic plastic chemicals have been found in children’s toys and everyday products.

These chemicals can leach out and are linked to serious health harms.

We need a Global Plastics Treaty to protect your child’s health and provide industry with certainty.

Know the health harms

Toxic plastic chemicals are leaching out of everyday products.

These chemicals find their way into your child’s body through the food they eat, the water they drink and the toys they play with.

They impact your child before they are born, while they are growing, and their future quality of life.

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Know the Treaty

The Global Plastic Treaty is an international agreement currently being negotiated by around 175 countries to end plastic pollution at every stage of the material’s lifecycle, from manufacturing to disposal.

The Treaty is designed to help every interested country find a way to reduce and then stop the harms from plastic pollution. Each country can use the Global Plastics Treaty to support plastics reduction efforts best suited to their needs. At the same time, the Treaty creates a standard global framework that every country can work through, so efforts are coordinated and effective.

We need a dynamic and ambitious treaty that will:

protect our children’s health, their future and the environment
provide industry certainty Support a fair transition for all

There are only two things we need in the treaty to deliver this:

a polymer premium; and
comprehensive regulation of chemicals used in plastic manufacturing.

Find out more about the Polymer Premium
Find out more about the comprehensive regulation of chemicals

The evidence

Explore cutting edge research from scientists and academics on plastics and the Treaty.

Explore the research

Media

January 17, 2025

Top petrochemical company plastic producers must take action on plastics which damaging human health and polluting the environment

August 20, 2024