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T1 Turning off the Tap - Key Messages
T2 切断根源：关键信息
T2 Kukomesha Mtiririko: Ujumbe muhimu
T2 Tarir le flot : principaux messages
T2 Перекрыть поток: основные положения
T2 Cerrar el grifo: Mensajes clave
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 plastic waste
K1 reuse of material
K1 recycling
K1 plastic industry
K1 pollution control
YR 2023
FD 2023-05
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42408
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/42408
NO This 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.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026