A global plastics treaty with Tom Gammage

Tom Gammage is a plastic pollution campaigner at the Environmental Investigation Agency in London, where he is working to secure an ambitious new plastics treaty for the planet. We talk about the growing plastics 'emergency', the need for a global plastics treaty, the recent meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi to discuss such a treaty, and key recommended actions for government.

Useful links:

• Tom on LinkedIn (here):
• Environmental Investigation Agency (here)
• Recent Conversation article on the plastic treaty (here)
• Recent BBC News article on the need for a plastic treaty (here) 
• EIA report Connecting the Dots: Plastic pollution and the planetary emergency (here).

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