The German government has expressed its support for the demands of an international convention to combat plastic waste at sea.
In response to a request from the Green Party´s parliamentary bloc, the German Environment Ministry said the ministry supported international agreements in this direction.
"This could be an agreement under the UN cloak to reduce plastic waste, so the German government supports such proposals," the German news agency DPA reported on Friday.
The ministry added that other parallel efforts were also needed, considering the length of negotiations needed by such agreements.
According to the ministry´s data, there are 17 different conventions and conventions to combat pollution of the environment.
If these agreements are better implemented than they are now, they will contribute to a "substantial reduction" of waste, but they will not be enough on their own, the ministry said.
The ministry stressed that the German government is working hard to promote and develop such agreements, and supports the launch of the issue during the meetings of the Group of Seven and the G20.
The five-day United Nations Climate Conference will kick off in Nairobi on Monday. The issue of plastic waste and the pollution of the seas with waste will be on the agenda of the Conference.
"The German government recognizes that the current agreements are not enough," said Greenpeace environmental expert Bethna Hoffmann. "The German Ministry of the Environment does not seem to have enough enthusiasm to work towards A binding international convention on waste control, explaining that the goal should be to ban the dumping of plastic waste at sea by 2030
