Global Plastics Outlook Economic Drivers, Environmental Impacts and Policy Options

While plastics are extremely useful materials for modern society, plastics production and waste generation continue to increase with worsening environmental impacts despite international, national and local policy responses, as well as industry commitments. The urgent need to make the lifecycle of p...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2022
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Innovation on plastics
  • The policy landscape
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Modelling the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and government response measures
  • Trends in the secondary plastics markets
  • Overview and policy highlights
  • Executive Summary
  • Plastics flows and their impacts on the environment
  • Glossary
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • International co-operation to make plastics value chains more circular
  • The effects of the COVID‑19 pandemic on plastics use and waste
  • Modelling approaches used to compose the OECD Global Plastics Outlook Database