Three ways the world can take action on the plastics crisis

Mismanaged plastic waste contributes to large numbers of deaths each year. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Alamy

As the detection of microplastics in human blood demonstrates, plastics have become intertwined in our everyday existence, and the challenge of combating this global problem is huge.

So how can society move from a linear throwaway plastics economy to a circular, more sustainable one?