FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT POLLUTION Unlocking funding for waste management and circularity infrastructure will require collaboration and a sound policy and regulatory ecosystem A circular economy for plastics is a key part of the solution to end plastic pollution. The circularity of plastics, however, goes beyond recycling. It requires investment and adequate financing for innovation,… Read more

MICROPLASTICS: COMMON QUESTIONS & RESEARCH UNDERWAY A global agreement on plastics should help enable a circular economy, which can minimize the flow of plastic waste – including microplastics – into our environment. What are microplastics? Microplastics are plastic particles, generally considered a subset of plastic debris, characterized by size: from 5 millimeters (mm) down to… Read more

What We’re For: The best solution to address pollution of any solid waste is to prevent it from entering the environment in the first place through adequate waste management systems. In the absence of this, the global plastics industry continues to support and participate in plastic pollution cleanup projects. We’ve found these activities are most… Read more

PLASTICS ADDITIVES REPORT FACT SHEET UNEP’s Chemicals in Plastics Report (2023) sought to document the reportedly “often-overlooked chemical-related issues of plastic pollution, particularly their adverse impacts on human health and the environment as well as on resource efficiency and circularity”. The UNEP report was followed in March 2024 by the ‘PlastChem’ report, published with funding… Read more