Plastic has many valuable uses in our daily lives, but our current production and consumption practices and levels pose threats to our health and environment.
Plastic pollution poses a global challenge, with plastic waste projected to nearly triple by 2060 under a business-as-usual scenario.
UNEP works with stakeholders across the plastics value chain to strengthen regulations, promote innovative solutions, mobilise financing, encourage behavior change, and build capacity—driving a system-wide shift toward a circular plastics economy.
As host of the Secretariat for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee and long-term leading organisation fighting against plastic pollution, UNEP is fully committed to addressing global plastic pollution.
The work of UNEP on plastic pollution is carried out through public-private partnerships, often involving partners, collaborating centres, programmes and networks.
For inquiries on Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution, contact unep-incplastic.secretariat@un.org
For inquiries on UNEP's work on plastics , contact unep-plastics-initiative@un.org
