The Circular Economy Imperative: Tackling Plastic Pollution to Safeguard Global Biodiversity

This report, published by the World Economic Forum's Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) in June 2026, reframes the plastic pollution crisis through a circular economy lens, presenting it not just as an environmental problem but as a systemic failure of the linear "take-make-dispose" model. Synthesizing two years of field research across nine geographies on three continents, it demonstrates how embedding circular economy principles—such as redesign, reuse, and recycling—can simultaneously address biodiversity loss and unlock immense economic value.

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