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T1 Open Letter to the Chair and Negotiators at the INC-5.2
A1 Global Youth Voices, 
A1 Hidden Plastic, 
A1 Children and Youth Major Group, 
A1 River Warrior Indonesia, 
YR 2025
FD 2025-08-06
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48348
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48348
NO This open letter calls on negotiators of the plastics treaty to prohibit all cigarette filters and align the instrument with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. It states that filters are toxic single-use plastics without proven health benefit and contribute to pollution and misinformation. The letter criticises industry promotion of biodegradable alternatives and clean-up campaigns as greenwashing, rejects extended producer responsibility schemes linked to corporate social responsibility, and demands explicit safeguards against industry interference and clear liability for harms
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026