Here's how we can eradicate plastic pollution by 2040

Sep 24, 2020

A young campaigner persuades a shopper in Jakarta to swap her plastic shopping bag for a reusable one. Image: Global Plastic Action Partnership

Sri Indrastuti Hadiputranto

Chair, Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP)

Madeleine Brandes

Specialist, Global Plastics Action Partnership, World Economic Forum

Arthur Neeteson

Associate, SYSTEMIQ

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