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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Momentum building for global plastic pollution pact

Plastic waste is projected to outweigh all fish by 2050. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia has thrown its support behind a declaration to curb plastic pollution fast and deliver on a global treaty targeting waste at the source.

More than 90 countries have backed "the Nice wake-up call for an ambitious plastics treaty" at the United Nations Ocean Conference, which has taken place in the French Mediterranean coast city over the past week.

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