INTRODUCTION: Plastic waste as a source of threat to ecosystems, health conditions, and economic well-being in different corners of the world has become one of the most topical environmental issues of the 21st century. The global production of plastics has surpassed hundred millions of tonnes of plastics being produced every year either being dumped in the landfill or set on fire in incinerators or the environment. To overcome the current plastic crisis it is time of action to shift into design and to move beyond the linear take-make-dispose model to the regenerative, circular economy involving resource-efficient, low-waste and value-recycling.

SCOPE: The proposed book will be an edited volume that gives the comprehensive, multidisciplinary view on how plastic waste can be used as a resource rather than a burden to the environment. The book covers the entire range of the problem according to the latest negotiating session of the "Global Plastic Treaty" known as (INC-5.2)held in Geneva from August 5-14 2025. The aims of this treaty is to End the Plastic Pollution by 2040, by considering the key issues such as:reducing plastic pollution,banning the harmful chemicals, and phasing out the single-use plastics. This edited volume book puts the plastic waste challenge well within the frame of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Plastics Treaty Goals with the aim of responsible consumption and production, climate action, sustainable industry, and healthy communities. This book proposal is a very serious "WAKE-UP CALL" to the global plastic crises and how to solve it.

Dr. Navnath Hatvate is an assistant professor at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Marathwada Campus, Jalna. He holds a Master of Pharmacy and a Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. He has 12 years of research and 6 years of teaching experience. Dr. Hatvate has published over 50 research publications and authored 4 books in international journals. He serves as an editorial board member for Scientific Reports and Discover Pharmaceutical Sciences. (Nature Publishing). 

A. K. Haghi is a retired professor who holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA) and holds two MSc degrees, one in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University (USA) and another one in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France). He was awarded a PhD in engineering sciences at Université de Franche-Comté (France).

Professor Haghi’s extensive educational background and supervisory roles underscore his expertise and contributions to the field of engineering sciences. He is appointed as Honorary Research Associate (HRA) at University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is a regular reviewer of leading international journals. 

Pedro Aguilar-Zárate, PhD, is Professor at the National Technological Institute of Mexico, Technological Institute of Ciudad Valles, Mexico. He earned his PhD degree in Food Science and Technology at Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. His research focuses on the development of bioprocesses for the extraction and purification of secondary plant metabolites, the development of microbial fermentations in solid and liquid media to produce metabolites of industrial interest, and the study of protein-polyphenols interactions.

Reyed M. Reyed is an Associate Professor of Microbial Biotechnology at the Bioprocess Development Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), SRTA-City, Egypt. His research focuses on the microbial biotechnology, nutritional human gut microbiome, food safety, water treatment, computational enzymology, genomics, and probiotics microbiology.

Dr. Muhammad Shahzad Aslam is currently working in the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen University Malaysia. He is recognized as a 1% top reviewer according to Web of Science in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in multidisciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and clinical medicine fields, respectively. He has served as honorary academic editor in several journals and has more than 8 years of experience in peer review and academic editing.