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Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 26d

EXCLUSIVE: England’s farms are being fertilised with a cocktail of toxic landfill juice + sewage sludge.

750,000 tonnes of landfill leachate tankered to sewage works every year → mixed into sewage → spread on farmers' fields. 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent

www.theguardian.com

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Isidore Poireau @isidorepoireau.bsky.social · 27d

Les Suisses ont tout compris à Emmanuel Macron

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · Aug 15

Plastics Treaty talks are over. After 11 grueling days of delays, distractions, and gaslighting, we are leaving Geneva without a treaty. But countries stood firm against fossil-fueled interests — hope for an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty lives on.
🎥 @dlevialvares.bsky.social + @davzoul.bsky.social

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Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Aug 13

Penultimate day of the last scheduled #PlasticsTreaty negotiations and Kuwait speaks again on behalf of the 'Like-minded countries', a group that has NEVER disclosed its membership. As far as we know it could be Kuwait and 1 other country. The bad faith is blatant, the gaslighting is disgusting.

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · Aug 7

⚠️ Fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have flooded #PlasticsTreaty talks at a record high. They're working with petrostates to distract, delay, and drag the treaty toward the lowest common denominator.
#KickPollutersOut #INC5-2
👉 Read more: bit.ly/41wUn1L

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Andy Gheorghiu @andygheorghiu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Legendary John Beard (Port Arthur) addressing need for proper #Plativstreaty at UN's #INC5!
@breakfreefromplastic.org @ciel.org @dlevialvares.bsky.social @exitplastik.bsky.social @parentsforfuture.de

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Leigh, the spookalicious Free Luigi @frecklered.bsky.social · Aug 3

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Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Aug 4

@pbolo.bsky.social @ffivaz.bsky.social and Natacha Kpochan's oped in the @genevasolutions.bsky.social today is spot on!

And check this beautiful art piece by @vonwong.bsky.social 🥰

genevasolutions.news/climate-envi...

#PlasticsTreaty

❝ Petrostates are holding plastics treaty talks hostage. Countries should vote them down - Geneva Solutions

As a minority threatens to block final negotiations in Geneva for a plastics treaty, countries should invoke their right to vote to ensure an ambitious agreement is reached, write Philippe Bolo (Franc...

genevasolutions.news

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Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Aug 4

To address plastics' harms globally, UN member states must seize the opportunity given to them in the coming 2 weeks to conclude an agreement on a legally binding Global #PlasticsTreaty covering the full lifecycle of plastic.

🤓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social

Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and…

Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Aug 4

The principal driver of the plastic pollution-generated health crisis is accelerating growth in plastic production—from 2 megatonnes (Mt) in 1950, to 475 Mt in 2022 that is projected to be 1200 Mt by 2060.

🤓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#PlasticsTreaty

Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and…

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Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Aug 4

The impacts of plastic pollution fall disproportionately upon low-income and at-risk populations.

🤓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#PlasticsTreaty
#EnvironmentalJusticeNow

Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and…

Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Aug 4

The @lancetcountdown.bsky.social on health and plastics is OUT! Findings are shockingly clear:

Plastics harm and kill, and are responsible for health-related economic losses exceeding US$1·5 trillion annually.

🤓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#PlasticsTreaty

Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and…

“I want to be more radical, but I can’t”

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AGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.bsky.social · May 24

“I want to be more radical, but I can’t”

Indonesian lawyer and activist Tiza Mafira on the frustrating expectation that she’ll silence her feelings in the name of professionalism

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Indonesian lawyer and activist Tiza Mafira on the frustrating expectation that she’ll silence her feelings in the name of professionalism

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Opinion | Climate Science Is Now the Law

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Andy Gheorghiu @andygheorghiu.bsky.social · Jul 25

Breaking: activists blocking #Ineos #Fracking4Plastics supply chain dragon ships at Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh!
#INC5 #Plasticstreaty now!
@dlevialvares.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @ciel.org @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · Jul 29

Did you know the plastic industry is Making Oil Great Again? 🛢️🤑🛢️
But “Drill Baby Drill” doesn’t have to be the future for plastic (99% of which is made of oil or gas) or the planet!

🎥 Watch & check out @Greenpeaceuk’s new report
www.greenpeace.org.uk/resources/pl...

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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · Jul 24

📰The #CIJ_ICJ has spoken—fossil fuel production is no longer just bad policy, it’s a violation of international law.
Read our NYT op-ed on why this ruling is a legal game-changer for climate justice.
nyti.ms/3IKYNvs

A landmark legal ruling leaves no doubt that continuing fossil fuel production and use, let alone expanding it, violates the law.

nyti.ms

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Andy Gheorghiu @andygheorghiu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Joint statement following the EU-JP Summit 2025!
#LNG becomes more and more the central issue!
Von der Leyen also congratulated Japan on its deal with Trump (which includes a possible US-JP-LNG-joint-venture)!
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
@oilfieldwitness.bsky.social @foejapan.bsky.social

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Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Jul 24

@ieefainstitute.bsky.social ultimate recommendation ahead of INC 5.2:

With the petrochemical industry facing structural decline, THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.

*Read the full Briefing Note: tinyurl.com/4cmu3m6p
#PlasticsTreaty

UN international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution: Considerations for the final round of negotiations

Markets for the core feedstocks of virgin plastics—are currently oversupplied, creating market instability and decreased profits.

UN international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution: Considerations for the final round of negotiations

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Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Jul 24

@ieefainstitute.bsky.social recommendation 3️⃣ ahead of INC 5.2:

Setting national and global targets on plastic production and consumption

*Read the full Briefing Note: tinyurl.com/4cmu3m6p
#PlasticsTreaty

Markets for the core feedstocks of virgin plastics—are currently oversupplied, creating market instability and decreased profits.

UN international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution: Considerations for the final round of negotiations

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Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Jul 24

@ieefainstitute.bsky.social recommendation 2️⃣ ahead of INC 5.2:

Regulation of plastic trade to ensure the treaty is effective and market-stabilizing

*Read the full Briefing Note: tinyurl.com/4cmu3m6p
#PlasticsTreaty

Markets for the core feedstocks of virgin plastics—are currently oversupplied, creating market instability and decreased profits.

UN international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution: Considerations for the final round of negotiations

Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Jul 24

@ieefainstitute.bsky.social recommendation 1️⃣ ahead of INC 5.2:

A cap on virgin plastic production to address oversupply and financial stress in the petrochemical sector

*Read the full Briefing Note: tinyurl.com/4cmu3m6p
#PlasticsTreaty

Markets for the core feedstocks of virgin plastics—are currently oversupplied, creating market instability and decreased profits.

UN international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution: Considerations for the final round of negotiations

Delphine Lévi Alvarès @dlevialvares.bsky.social · Jul 24

🤓 IEEFA just released a briefing note with their considerations for the final round of UN Plastic Treaty negotiations!

*Read the full Briefing Note: tinyurl.com/4cmu3m6p
#PlasticsTreaty

Markets for the core feedstocks of virgin plastics—are currently oversupplied, creating market instability and decreased profits.