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Nairobi, 16 May 2023 – Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, according to a new report by UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The report is released ahead of a second round of negotiations in Paris on a global agreement to beat plastic pollution, and outlines the magnitude and nature of the changes required to end plastic pollution and create a circular economy.

Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, a new report by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Tuesday.The report was released ahead of a ...

PARIS, France, (AFP) – The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution, according to a United Nations (UN) report on Tuesday that w...

(CNN) — Countries could slash plastic pollution by 80% in less than two decades, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme.

Major UN report sets out roadmapfor slashing plastic pollution by 80 per cent by 2040 based on existing technologies and solutions

The United Nations Environment Programme has launched a report laying out a path to dramatically reduce the volume of plastic that ends up in the environment.

‘The way we produce, use and dispose of plastics is polluting ecosystems, creating risks for human health and destabilising the climate’

Inger Andersen: If we follow this roadmap, including in negotiations on the plastic pollution deal, we can deliver major economic, social and environmental wins

Massive shifts in policy, markets and production are needed to meet the target, while delay could add millions more tonnes of waste.

The world must halve single-use plastics and slash throwaway consumption to stem the tide of environmental pollution, according to a UN report on Tuesday that