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. Maarten Dubois led the cross-cutting co-ordination of the report, the modelling team was led by Elisa Lanzi, and the circular economy team was led by Peter Börkey (all OECD Environment Directorate). This report was edited by Shardul Agrawala, Maarten Dubois, Peter Börkey and Elisa Lanzi.
The authorship of the chapters is as follows: Shardul Agrawala and Norbert Monti (Chapter 1); Maarten Dubois, Elisa Lanzi, Ruben Bibas, Eleonora Mavroeidi, Jean Fouré, Rob Dellink, Daniel Ostalé Valriberas, Elena Buzzi and Linda Livingstone (Chapter 2); Rob Dellink and Linda Livingstone (Chapter 3); Andrew Brown, Frithjof Laubinger and Peter Börkey (Chapter 4), Damien Dussaux and Shardul Agrawala (Chapter 5); Maarten Dubois, Peter Börkey, Andrew Brown and Frithjof Laubinger (Chapter 6); Frithjof Laubinger, Peter Börkey, Maarten Dubois and Shunta Yamaguchi (Chapter 7) (all OECD Environment Directorate). Additional contributions on Chapter 7 were provided by Ivan Haščič from the Environment Directorate and Pierra Tortora and Daniel Prosi of the Development Co-operation Directorate. The plastics use and waste estimates presented in the report and reported in the Global Plastic Outlook Database were prepared by Ruben Bibas, Eleonora Mavroeidi, Rob Dellink, Daniel Ostalé Valriberas, Elisa Lanzi, and Maarten Dubois.
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 to the modelling of global plastic leakage. Roland Geyer (University of California, Santa Barbara) advised on the OECD modelling strategy and provided valuable feedback on the report. Trinomics B.V., the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies and Prasad Modak, Louis Tronel, Flavio Ribeiro and Darina Petrova (all independent experts) provided various country-briefs which were used to enrich the policy analysis.
The report received insightful feedback from Rodolfo Lacy (Director), Ingrid Barnsley (Deputy Director), Bob Diderich and Eeva Leinala (all Environment Directorate) and Jens Sedemund (Development Co-operation 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 also 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.
Aziza Perrière and Illias Mousse Iye (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. Linda Livingstone and Elena Buzzi (OECD Environment Directorate) and Chantal Rivière (independent graphic designer) as well as the WeDoData team assisted with the 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 and Annette Hardcastle (both 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.