Ahead of a second round of negotiations in Paris, next week on a global agreement to beat plastic pollution, a new report has revealed that plastic pollution could reduce by 80 percent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy, as well as market shifts using existing technologies.

According to the report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in order to slash plastic pollution by 80 percent globally by 2040, it suggests eliminating problematic and unnecessary plastics to reduce the size of the problem. Subsequently, the report calls for three market shifts – reuse, recycle and reorient and diversify products.

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director said, "The way we produce, use, and dispose of plastics is polluting the ecosystems, creating risks for human health and destabilizing the climate". He further stated that the UNEP report lays out a roadmap to dramatically reduce these risks through adopting a circular approach that keeps plastics out of ecosystems, out of our bodies and in the economy. If roadmap is followed, including in negotiations on the plastic pollution deal, then major economic, social and environmental wins can be delivered.