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T1 Turning off the Tap: How the World can End Plastic Pollution and Create a Circular Economy
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 plastic waste
K1 circular economy
K1 recycling
K1 plastic product
K1 pollution control
SN 978-92-807-4024-0
YR 2023
FD 2023-05
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42277
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42277
NO While many technical solutions for a circular plastics economy are known, the economic, fiscal and business models to address the associated impacts while also safeguarding livelihoods are less clear. This report examines these issues and proposes a systems change scenario - addressing the causes of plastic pollution, rather than just the symptoms. Such a systems change will enable countries to end plastic pollution while at the same time transitioning towards safer and more stable jobs for those currently working in the informal sector, and create business and job opportunities. The report analyses the opportunities and impacts of a systems change scenario. The scenario combines reducing the most problematic and unnecessary plastic uses with a market transformation towards circularity in plastics by accelerating three key shifts - Reuse, Recycle, and Reorient and Diversify – and actions to deal with the plastic pollution legacy.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026