Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Plastic pollution is a scourge that affects every part of the world, from the Arctic to the oceans, and the air we breathe.

It’s even changing ecosystems. Scientists recently found rocks made from plastic on a remote Brazilian island and there is now so much plastic swirling in parts of the Pacific Ocean that communities of coastal creatures are thriving on it, thousands of miles from their home.