The third round of talks to develop an international agreement on polymer manufacturing is underway. "The [UN] policy is expected to cover the whole life cycle of plastics, from extraction to...production and design to their use, consumption and disposal...."

Sustainable materials that leverage biological species and artificial organisms should not be held privately. DeSci and OpenSci in green chem can help keep interspecies collaboration and knowledge accessible.

https://www.unep.org/inc-plastic-pollution/session-3/documents#InformationDocumentsSecretariat