Plastic pollution: Macron calls for "an end to an unsustainable model

French President Emmanuel Macron called for an "end to a globalized and unsustainable model" of plastic production and consumption, as negotiations resume at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on a future global treaty to combat this major source of pollution.

Macron compared plastic pollution to a "time bomb," and called for "an end of production of plastic. Macron stressed the danger of single-use plastic products "which are the most polluting ones.

" The president also called for solutions to substitute plastic with "real ecological alternatives." The summit will end on June 2 with the participation of representatives from 175 countries, as well as intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector.