The OECD Global Plastics Outlook database intends to inform and support ongoing policy efforts to mitigate adverse … environmental impacts arising along the value chain of plastics. The database includes data from 1990 to 2019 covering the full … lifecylce of plastics, from the use of plastic materials by polymer and application to the generation of plastic waste and …

change. There have even been calls in the past for countries to classify the most harmful plastics as hazardous, with Canada … recently declaring some single-use plastics as ‘toxic’.As plastic is now recognised as a global issue, international … agreement on plastics pollution …

Preface / Joseph Caron -- Introduction: International political economy and explanations of China's globalization … / David Zweig, Chen Zhimin -- Beyond the disciplinary heartlands: studying China's international political economy / Shaun A …. Breslin -- Soft balancing and reciprocal engagement: international structures and China's foreign policy choices / Chen Zhimin …