New policy is an excellent first step in addressing the plastic pollution problem that is gripping Ghana and the globe, write Harsh Mahaseth and Sadqua Khatoon. Ghana’s Revised National Plastics Management Policy is a comprehensive response to the country and the world’s escalating plastic pollution crisis. In 2017, 400 million metric tonnes of plastic were produced. By 2050, that could potentially triple. Only 9 per cent of the plastic ever produced has been recycled, while up to 12 million tonnes enter the ocean as litter every year.