1、BREAKING DOWN HIGH-RISK PLASTIC PRODUCTSASSESSING POLLUTION RISK AND ELIMINATION FEASIBILITY OF PLASTIC PRODUCTSTOWARDS A TREATY TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION WWF|BREAKING DOWN HIGH-RISK PLASTIC PRODUCTS3Cover photo:JShutterstockContents page photo:Patrick Bentley/WWF-USCONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 41.0 INT

2、RODUCTION 9 1.1.BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES 10 1.2.METHODOLOGY 112.0 IDENTIFYING THE MAIN PRODUCT GROUPS 173.0 ASSESSING POLLUTION RISKS OF PRODUCT GROUPS 25 3.1.PACKAGING 28 3.2.CHARACTERISTIC-SPECIFIC PRODUCTS 30 3.3.SECTOR-SPECIFIC PRODUCTS 32 3.4.PRIMARY MICROPLASTICS 32 3.5.PRIORITISING HIGH-RISK

3、 PLASTIC PRODUCT GROUPS 344.0 CLASSIFYING PRIORITISED HIGH-RISK PRODUCT GROUPS BY ELIMINATION FEASIBILITY 37 4.1.ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF ELIMINATING PRODUCT GROUPS 39 4.2.CLASS I AND CLASS II PLASTIC PRODUCT GROUPS 445.0 CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS 476.0 APPENDIX 50WWF International Rue Mauverne

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