It suggests an expedited transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies, the elimination of subsidies, and a shift toward more circular approaches to waste reduction to help reduce plastic waste at the scale required. The paper, titled From Pollution to Solution: a Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution, indicates an increasing concern from source to sea across all ecosystems. The report examines market failures such as the low price of virgin fossil fuel feedstocks compared to recycled materials, as well as disjointed efforts in informal and formal plastic waste management and a lack of global consensus on solutions.