Abstract
Research shows that ten major river systems transport a significant percentage of plastics into the oceans and seas, most of which have their source in Asia. Interestingly, none except one of the States from which these river systems originate or traverse are Party to the UN global water conventions. This paper, therefore, explores reasons why these States have been slow to join or are not Party to these Conventions, and the potential impacts they could have if they were. The paper concludes that the role of Asian States is critical to implementing the UN global water conventions, as well as, to any future multilateral environmental agreements, such as the soon-to-be-negotiated global plastic treaty. It also argues that the proposed plastic treaty will have a crucial relationship with the UN global water conventions because of the number of plastics churned out into the marine environment by key river systems in Asia.
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