UN lays out plan to reduce global plastic pollution by 80% by 2040
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The United Nations Environment Programme has released a report outlining a roadmap for governments and businesses to reduce plastic pollution by 80% by 2040. The report recommends promoting reuse of plastics, scaling up recycling levels, and discontinuing fossil fuel subsidies that make new plastic products cheaper. The use of appropriate alternative materials for single-use products could also reduce plastic pollution. The investment needed for the changes is estimated to cost around $65 billion a year, but moving to an economy where plastic is reused and recycled could bring $3.25 trillion in savings by 2040.
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