Anja Brandon, Ocean Conservancy

Anja Brandon is associate director of U.S. plastics policy with the environmental group Ocean Conservancy. Their priorities for the treaty include meaningful source reduction of single-use plastics, addressing lost fishing gear and microplastic pollution, and working to have the treaty exclude chemical recycling. Brandon, a former U.S. Senate staffer, discusses how a U.S. president and state governments could move ahead on treaty priorities, if Congress deadlocks. Ed Shepherd offers the perspective of the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty, which wants the agreement to reduce plastics made from virgin fossil fuels and identify problematic plastics or products that can be eliminated. The coalition is made up of major consumer brand companies like Unilever, where Shepherd works, as well as financial institutions and some global plastic packaging companies. He argues that the expected growth in virgin plastic production in coming years could make it very hard to meet the objectives of the treaty, without strong action. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@plastics_news Subscribe to Plastics News: https://www.plasticsnews.com/subscribe LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plastics-news/ LinkedIn Professional Community: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4270557/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plasticsnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/plasticsnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plasticsnews/