WWF's Call For Collective Global Action
Plastic is affecting entire ecosystems, potentially leading to a collapse in systems supporting people’s livelihoods. Plastic pollution has important economic consequences: the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates the economic impact of plastic pollution on oceans at US$8 billion per year.The current global approach to addressing the plastic crisis is failing. Governments play a key role to ensure all actors in the plastic system are held accountable for the true cost of plastic pollution to nature and people. Systemic solutions using strategic and tactical interventions are required to stop plastic pollution at its source, and bold action from a broad range of stakeholders is needed across the full plastic lifecycle to implement these interventions.