Global efforts show progress on plastic pollution is possible – but world remains off track
United Kingdom, 31 October 2023 – The biggest global voluntary effort to tackle plastic pollution and waste shows it is possible to make progress on a pressing environmental issue, yet tougher measures are now needed to curb the crisis, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Since 2018, more than 1,000 organisations have given their backing to the Global Commitment, led by the Foundation in partnership with the UN Environment Programme, to stop plastic packaging from becoming waste. Over the past five years, business signatories – representing 20% of the world’s plastic packaging i...
Source: unep.org
