Global trade in plastic waste and scrap declined further (2017-2021) in 2021 and preliminary data indicates a … difference between exports and imports) continued to decrease. Less plastic waste and scrap is being exported by OECD countries … has increased. The value and composition of plastic waste and scrap exports in 2021 suggests that more high value and easy …

Trade in plastic waste and scrap plays a potentially important role in helping to strengthen markets for recycled … criticised for leading to plastic pollution when recipient countries lack capacity to treat such waste in an environmentally … sound manner. This report aims to identify and assess trends in trade patterns of plastic waste and scrap in the context of …

This book explores an escalating modern-day crisis; managing waste in a sustainable way. The central question posed is … whether advancing a circular economy provides a way to shift waste management practices towards more sustainable approaches …. It begins with an in-depth analysis of the nature of waste management and the prevailing crisis, followed by a discussion …

Waste is generated at all stages of human activities : during the extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw … materials into intermediate and final products, the consumption of final products, etc. Municipal waste is only about 10% of … total waste, but its management and treatment often represents more than one-third of public sector financial efforts to …