Taxes, curbs on new plastic could slash pollution, study finds

Researchers used artificial intelligence to pinpoint four new policies they say could reduce the amount of "mismanaged" plastic waste -- more likely to leak into the environment -- by over 90 percent by 2050.

Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UNEP, Inger Andersen, holds up a letter from a child as she speaks during the opening of the Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan on November 25, 2024. (AFP)