Turning off the Tap - Key Messages

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationCommunications Division
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-11T07:44:45Z
dc.date.available2023-05-11T07:44:45Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.descriptionThis key messages document outlines a solutions-focused roadmap to reduce global plastic pollution by 80% by 2040. Released ahead of the second round of negotiations on a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution, it proposes a comprehensive strategy centred on three major market shifts: reuse, recycle, and reorient and diversify. The plan calls for halving single-use plastic production, creating 700,000 jobs mainly in low-income countries—and achieving net savings and avoided externalities worth US$4.5 trillion. It stresses the need for urgent, simultaneous action across borders, warning that a five-year delay could add 80 million metric tons of plastic pollution. Key policy recommendations include eliminating problematic plastics, incentivising design for recyclability, implementing extended producer responsibility schemes, and establishing global standards.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42408
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageFrench
dc.languageSpanish
dc.languageRussian
dc.languageChinese
dc.languageSwahili
dc.page.number5 p.
dc.relation.ispartofTurning off the Tap: How the World can End Plastic Pollution and Create a Circular Economy
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectplastic waste
dc.subjectreuse of material
dc.subjectrecycling
dc.subjectplastic industry
dc.subjectpollution control
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subject.themechemistry
dc.subject.themechemical pollution
dc.subject.themeeconomics
dc.subject.themefinance
dc.titleTurning off the Tap - Key Messagesen
dc.title.alternative切断根源：关键信息zh
dc.title.alternativeKukomesha Mtiririko: Ujumbe muhimusw
dc.title.alternativeTarir le flot : principaux messagesfr
dc.title.alternativeПерекрыть поток: основные положенияru
dc.title.alternativeCerrar el grifo: Mensajes clavees
dc.typePolicy brief

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