Global Plastics Outlook

Foreword

The Global Plastics Outlook: Economic Drivers, Environmental Impacts and Policy Options provides policymakers with a comprehensive overview of the challenges ahead and potential solutions. The report is structured as shown below. Using state-of-the-art environment-economy modelling, the Outlook uncovers the economic drivers that give rise to unprecedented volumes of plastics use and waste. The Outlook also maps and quantifies key environmental impacts such as plastic leakage to the environment and greenhouse gas emissions. The Outlook then presents four levers critical to reduce the environmental impacts of plastics: markets for recycled (secondary) plastics, technological innovation in plastics, domestic policy measures and international co-operation.

Report roadmap