The global community is far from achieving its objective of ending plastic pollution, unless more stringent and co-ordinated policies are implemented. A key question is: What are the plausible scenarios for the evolution of plastics in the absence of additional measures and, as well, with...

Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for plastics as well as product designers and producers....

This dataset provides projections for plastic leakage to aquatic environments for the 15 global regions of the OECD ENV-Linkages model for the 2019-2060 period. The dataset provides projections for leakage to aquatic environments both in freshwater and in the ocean.

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...