Plastic pollution can be reduced by 80% by 2040.

Experts believe that this will bring trillions of dollars in benefits to countries. The first step to reduce waste is to eliminate excess packaging. Other measures include increasing the recycling and reuse of products, as well as replacing plastic materials with more environmentally friendly ones. The organization believes that these changes will allow the year to cut the annual volume of plastic waste to 40 million tons by 2020. If action is not taken, the world will generate 227 million tons of waste annually.