Roundtable: Driving a coordinated approach on addressing trade as part of global efforts to address plastic pollution – Saturday, April 20, 11:00 am at the Westin Hotel (Provinces Room).
Addressing plastic pollution in the environment requires a range of solutions. Working with multilateral organizations on addressing and removing trade barriers as part of global efforts to address plastic pollution promotes access, investment, technical assistance, and capacity building in waste management and recycling technologies.
The session will focus on driving engagement between industry leaders and policymakers to explore innovative strategies to foster a trade-facilitative model aligning key multilateral efforts including trade language in the International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI); transboundary movement requirements under the Basel Convention; and ongoing dialogues/agendas within the World Trade Organization and other groups. This dynamic discussion will provide an overview of trade-related efforts to date, and opportunities to drive a coordinated, cooperative approach among these efforts. The focus will be on encouraging access to feedstock while supporting trade and investment in waste management/recycling economic models. The session will include table specific discussions to develop further recommendations on a trade-facilitating approach aligned with Basel implementation and leveraging ongoing multilateral trade activity.

Roundtable: Chemicals and Plastics: Enhancing Plastics for a Sustainable Future – Sunday, April 21, 11:30 am at the Westin Hotel (Provinces Room).
Participants will be invited to engage in an interactive session to exchange perspectives on improving the transparency on plastic additives and the use of risk-based tools to enable decision-making as advanced by the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC). The discussion will convene a group of industry leaders, who will be seated at a collection of tables amongst government representatives, to promote collaboration on the safe and sustainable use of additives.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, 17 April.