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G7 members vow to end plastic pollution by 2040
by The Manila Times
Apr 17, 2023 12:17 am

SAPPORO, Japan: G7 environment and climate ministers pledged to end new plastic pollution in their countries by 2040, they said in a statement released Sunday after talks in northern Japan.

'We are committed to end plastic pollution, with the ambition to reduce additional plastic pollution to zero by 2040,' it said.

(From left) German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi are given flowers as they arrive at Karuizawa Station for a G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Karuizawa on Sunday, April 16, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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