30. 2020 年，为应对全球塑料负担，国际原子能机构(原子能机构)启动了“核技术控制塑料污染”项目，强调核技术对全球、区域和国家减少塑料污染行动的独特贡献。原子能机构还帮助建设国家能力和应用食品辐照的能力，支持成员国减少食品浪费。辐照是一种确保提高安全和质量水平并延长保质期的技术。目前，全世界有60 多个国家根据国内和国际标准制定了监管框架，把辐照技术用于食品。昆虫不育技术是通过控制主要害虫减少农产品损失的另一种重要且环境友好的技术。原子能机构与粮农组织合作开发并向成员国转让的这一技术，通过加强对园艺生产的可持续投资，并通过确保现有出口市场并开辟新的出口市场，为中美洲、南美洲、北非、中东和东南亚的许多国家带来了巨大的社会经济和环境利益。
30. In 2020, to tackle the global plastic burden, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched Nuclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), which is aimed at highlighting the unique contributions of nuclear technology to the global, regional and national actions for the reduction of plastic pollution. IAEA also supports its member States in their food waste reduction efforts by building national capacities and capabilities for the application of food irradiation, a technology that extends shelf life while ensuring higher levels of safety and quality. Currently, more than 60 countries worldwide have developed regulatory frameworks based on domestic and international standards that enable the use of irradiation for food products. The sterile insect technique is another important and environment-friendly technique to reduce losses of agricultural produce through the control of major insect pests. The technique, developed and transferred by IAEA to its member States in collaboration with FAO, has produced substantial socioeconomic and environmental benefits for numerous countries in Central and South America, North Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia through enhanced and sustainable investment in horticultural production, as well as by securing existing and opening new export markets.