Published June 19, 2025 | Version v1
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Article 5 on Plastic Product Design: Core Elements

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This policy brief is one within a series focused on examining the wording within articles of the Chair’s draft text (version published on December 1, 2024) for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. This brief has been published ahead of the INC-5.2 meeting taking place on August 5-14, 2025.

It was developed by members of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. All of the policy briefs within this series are published on Zenodo and can be found within the Coalition’s Zenodo Community: https://zenodo.org/communities/scientists_coalition/ 

More information about the Coalition (including contact information) is available on its website: https://ikhapp.org/scientistscoalition/

The version of the Chair’s draft text referred to in this policy brief can be found on UN Environment’s website: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/46710/Chairs_Text.pdf

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