India, Dec. 9 -- As of 2025, 130 Metric ton (Mt) of plastic pollutes the environment - land, air and water - each year. Without ambitious global action, that figure will rise to 280 Mt by 2040, equivalent to dumping nearly a garbage truck worth of plastic waste every second, according to a new report produced by the Pew Charitable Trusts with the support of ICF International and thought partners the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Imperial College London, Systemiq and the University of Oxford.

According to the analysis titled Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025 - An Assessment of the Global System and Strategies for Transformative Change, this increase will be primarily driven by rapidly growing production and use of plastic, particularly in pack...