A roadmap for ending plastic pollution was publishedAfter a global treaty to end plastic pollution was derailed by petrostates in August, scientists have published their own roadmap for tackling it. Commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trusts, the report warns that plastic pollution will double by 2040 at the current rate. The mass adoption of such schemes, the report says, could cut annual plastic pollution by 83%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower the health impacts of plastic by more than half, all while supporting 8.6m jobs. “This report shows a path to cut pollution by 83% by 2040. Progress on plastic pollution has stalled and is worsening, but we can make a big impact by shifting investment from single-use plastics to reuse and product system redesign.”Image: Hermes Rivera