Study: Policy interventions could cut plastic pollution 96 per cent by 2040

Stuart Stone
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Global action across the plastics lifecycle could nearly eliminate plastic pollution by 2040, a new OECD report claims

A string of new global policy interventions targeting every stage of the plastics lifecycle could reduce pollution by 96 per cent by 2040, a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

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