A new system for plastics

Plastic pollution is a huge challenge to our environment and the future health of our planet. If we don’t act now, by 2050 there could be more plastic in our oceans than fish.

In March 2022, UN member states responded to this threat in a historic moment. They agreed on the adoption of a mandate for an International Negotiation Committee (INC) to develop a legally binding UN Treaty on plastic pollution.
The resolution includes explicit references to a circular economy, full life cycle, and sustainable production and consumption.
The negotiations for a global plastics treaty began in December 2022 at the first International Negotiation Committee.
In a future in which plastic is part of a circular economy, it never becomes waste.

To create a circular economy we must take three actions:
- Eliminate all problematic and unnecessary plastic items
- Innovate to ensure the plastics we do use are reusable, recyclable or compostable
- Circulate the plastic we use to keep it in the economy and out of the environment
 
By taking these actions, plastic waste in our environment If we don’t change our current system, plastic waste could double by 2040.