Perform a Google Image search for ocean plastics. The results are thousands of photos from across the globe of disrupted ecosystems, dwindling species populations and polluted beaches.
While innovations and advancements in the waste and recycling industry are redirecting resources and molding supply chains into circular models, nations around the world are working together on a unified solution to marine plastic pollution.
The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world’s highest environmental authority, convened in Nairobi on March 2, 2022 to endorse a resolution aimed at “full lifecycle of plastic, including its production, design and disposal.”