Plastic pollution is suffocating our rivers and oceans, killing wildlife and contaminating our food, air and water. And it’s only getting worse.

Without immediate action, plastic pollution could triple by 2040. We have no time to waste. 

Plastic production and consumption is out of control. We are being force-fed more plastic than we need and in a way that makes it impossible to responsibly manage. To this point, plastic producers have operated with little accountability and regulation. The absence of global rules and responsibility have left people and the planet to pay the price. And we are now facing an accelerating threat that transcends borders and puts everyone in harm's way.

To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules to regulate production and consumption. These rules must include measures to ban, phase-out, phase-down, circulate and manage high-risk plastic products. 

As a priority, the treaty we need to ban the most harmful and avoidable plastic products. Over 90% of the plastic that pollutes our planet is made up of single-use plastics, such as plastic cutlery, and microplastics, such as those added to cosmetic products. Most of which is too difficult or dangerous to recycle.

So, while plastic production continues to skyrocket, asking people to just recycle is simply not good enough. To make plastic pollution history, we need to ban the highest polluting, most harmful and avoidable plastic products and materials, and support all nations as they shift to safe, circular systems.