The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) uses the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. CIEL works on a variety of environmental issues at multiple levels, including plastics. Their specific work around the plastic crisis includes advocating for an international treaty on plastic pollution and other measures at the global level, supporting communities in local infrastructure fights to stop the plastics build-out, and exposing the deep impacts plastic has on our health, climate, and planet throughout its toxic lifecycle. We highlighted the CIEL paper, “Plastic and Health: The Hidden Cost of a Plastic Planet” which we featured in this blog post: How Our Plastic and Carbon Footprints Are Intertwined. Reports such as these provide valuable research to activists, lawyers, and legislators. What You Can Do: Environmental Justice and the Law
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