Every year, an estimated 130 million tonnes of plastic waste are unmanaged or improperly discarded, polluting soils, rivers and oceans. Despite efforts to advance a circular economy and a global plastics treaty, the impacts on biodiversity remain underexplored.
This report draws on field assessments across nine geographies on three continents, creating one of the most comprehensive multi-country evidence bases on plastic pollution and biodiversity to date.
It concludes with recommendations for governments, businesses, investors and communities to turn this evidence into coordinated action that delivers measurable benefits for nature, people and economies.