Policy brief:  Article 5 on Plastic Product Design: Core Elements

Winnie Courtene-Jones; Jean-Francois Ghiglione; Richard Thompson; Martin Wagner; Ashank Upadhyay; Arturo Castillo Castillo; Kristian Syberg; Susanne Brander; Trisia Farrelly

doi:10.5281/zenodo.15639189

Policy brief: Article 5 on Plastic Product Design: Core Elements

Winnie Courtene-Jones, Jean-Francois Ghiglione, Richard Thompson, Martin Wagner, Ashank Upadhyay, Arturo Castillo Castillo , Kristian Syberg, Susanne Brander, Trisia Farrelly

School of Ocean Sciences

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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Media of output	Policy Brief
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639189
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2025

Keywords

Plastic pollution
policy
Policy Brief

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1 Membership of committee
1 Membership of network
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Participation in UN Global Plastics Treaty (INC-5.2)
Courtene-Jones, W. (Contributor)
4 Aug 2025 → 15 Aug 2025
Activity: Other
Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics treaty (External organisation)
Courtene-Jones, W. (Chair)
Mar 2024 → …
Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics treaty (External organisation)
Courtene-Jones, W. (Member)
2022 → …
Activity: Membership › Membership of network

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