This report was conceptualised and directed by Shardul Agrawala, Head of Division of the Environment and Economy Integration Division (EEI) in the Environment Directorate of the OECD. Elisa Lanzi led the cross-cutting co-ordination of the report and the modelling team. The report was edited by Shardul Agrawala, Elisa Lanzi and Rob Dellink.
The authorship of the chapters is as follows: Shardul Agrawala and Norbert Monti (Chapter 1), Elisa Lanzi, Ruben Bibas and Daniel Ostalé Valriberas (Chapter 2); Ruben Bibas, Elisa Lanzi, Rob Dellink, Eleonora Mavroeidi and Daniel Ostalé Valriberas (Chapter 3); Eleonora Mavroeidi, Maarten Dubois, Rob Dellink, Ruben Bibas and Elisa Lanzi (Chapter 4); Ruben Bibas, Eleonora Mavroeidi, Maarten Dubois, Elena Buzzi and Daniel Ostalé Valriberas (Chapter 5); Maarten Dubois, Ruben Bibas and Jean Fouré (Chapter 6) ; Eleonora Mavroeidi, Rob Dellink, Elisa Lanzi, Maarten Dubois and Ruben Bibas (Chapter 7) ; Rob Dellink, Eleonora Mavroeidi, Elisa Lanzi, Ruben Bibas and Elena Buzzi (Chapter 8); Jean Fouré and Elisa Lanzi (Chapter 9) (all OECD Environment Directorate). Peter Börkey provided expert input and feedback throughout the preparation of the report.
The following external experts: Morten Ryberg, Teddy Serrano and Alexis Laurent (Technical University of Denmark), Costas A. Velis, Ed Cook and Josh Cottom (University of Leeds), Laurent Lebreton (The Ocean Cleanup) and Nikolaos Evangeliou (Norwegian Institute for Air Research) contributed with the modelling of global plastic leakage. The LifeCycle Analysis of plastics use and waste was provided by Gustavo Longaray Moraga, Jo Dewulf and Maíra Caetano de Andrade (Ghent University), while the analysis of bio-based plastics by Neus Escobar (IIASA) and Wolfgang Britz (University of Bonn). Roland Geyer (University of California, Santa Barbara) advised on the OECD modelling strategy and provided valuable feedback.
The report received insightful feedback from Alain de Serres (Acting Director of the OECD Environment Directorate) and Kumi Kitamori (Acting Deputy Director of the OECD Environment Directorate). The report also received expert feedback from Stephanie B. Borrelle (University of Toronto), Johan Eyckmans (KU Leuven), Costas A. Velis (University of Leeds) and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Earlier drafts benefited from discussions during the Technical Expert Workshop on Modelling Approaches for Plastics Use Projections, organised by the OECD on the 22 and 23 June 2020. Expert input and feedback were provided by Shunta Yamaguchi, Frithjof Laubinger, Damien Dussaux, Ioannis Tikoudis and research support by Grace Alexander, Laura Atarody and Linda Livingstone (all OECD Environment Directorate).
Illias Mousse Iye and Aziza Perrière (OECD Environment Directorate) provided administrative support. Elizabeth Del Bourgo, William Foster, Stéphanie Simonin-Edwards and Norbert Monti (OECD Environment Directorate), as well as Catherine Bremer (OECD Public Affairs and Communications Directorate) provided assistance with communication and outreach aspects of the report. Elena Buzzi, Norbert Monti, Grace Alexander, Daniel Ostalé Valriberas (OECD Environment Directorate), Andrew Esson (baselinearts), Nadieh Bremer (visualcinnamon) and Martiene Raven (independent graphic designer) assisted with the preparation and design of the Policy Highlights, the cover and figures throughout the report. The report received copy-editing support from Janine Treves (OECD Public Affairs and Communications Directorate), Fiona Hinchcliffe, Meral Gedik and Annette Hardcastle (independent editors).
The OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) was responsible for the oversight of the development of the report. In addition, the Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste (WPRPW) and the Working Party on Integrating Environmental and Economic Policies (WPIEEP) reviewed earlier drafts.