If left to industries to self-regulate, we could have a disparate set of results with each industry promoting their own agenda. Take packaging waste as an example, different materials need different end-of-life treatment. Tins have very long-life spans and can be recycled, glass is very recyclable especially if sorted properly, paper and wood is also recyclable to a point, and then there is plastic which may be recyclable, or compostable if bioplastic. Legislation is required with regulated standards as nothing motivates businesses as much as financial penalties!
The Paris Agreement saw, for the first time ever, every country agree to work together to limit global warming to below 2 degrees with an aim of 1.5 degrees, adapting to the impacts of a changing climate, awarding those who deliver on the aims.
Countries committed to bring forward national plans laying out how much they would reduce their emissions, known as Nationally Determined Contributions, or ‘NDCs’ and agreed that every five years they would come back with an updated plan, reflecting the highest possible ambition at that time.
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