Plastics: What next?
Channel: UNCTAD
Date: 2023-02-09

Plastics have never been more popular, in a negative way. 

The world produces more than 360 million metric tonnes of plastics every year and trades $1.2 trillion worth of plastics-related products. About 75% of all this becomes waste. Today we can find plastic pollution almost everywhere.

We must all take action to produce and use less plastics and rely more on alternatives, such as bioplastics, and substitutes, such as jute, cotton, bamboo, algae and other marine or mineral products. 

UNCTAD is helping speed up the global transition away from plastics through projects such as the Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution programme.

It helps countries better align environmental & industrial policies by identifying local raw materials & products that could be used as plastic substitutes while assessing the environmental footprint of each material.

Learn about the programme’s work in 9 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. ➡️ http://bit.ly/3lobX67