| dc.contributor | Communications Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-04T14:15:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-04T14:15:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/25513 | |
| dc.description | The benefits of plastic are undeniable. The material is cheap, lightweight and easy to make. These qualities have led to a boom in the production of plastic over the past century. This trend will continue as global plastic production skyrockets over the next 10 to 15 years. We are already unable to cope with the amount of plastic waste we generate. Only a tiny fraction is recycled. About 13 million tonnes of plastic leak into our oceans every year, harming biodiversity, economies and, potentially, our own health.
The world urgently needs to rethink the way we manufacture, use and manage plastic. This paper sets out the latest thinking on how we can achieve this. It looks at what governments, businesses and individuals can do to check the runaway production and consumption of plastic. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | Pidgin_English | en_US |
| dc.language | Russian | |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | PLASTICS | en_US |
| dc.subject | PACKAGING | en_US |
| dc.subject | POLYMER AND PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY | en_US |
| dc.subject | PLASTIC PRODUCTS | en_US |
| dc.title | The State of Plastics: World Environment Day Outlook 2018 | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | حالةالب ستيك:يوم البيئة العا ي 2018 | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | L'etat des plastiques: Journee mondiale de l'environnement perspectives 2018 | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | El estado de los plásticos:Perspectiva del dia mundial del medio ambiente 2018 | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | СОСТОЯНИЕ ПЛАСТИКА: Всемирный день окружающей среды
2018 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000037 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000043 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000045 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000046 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000050 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000051 | |
