We are experiencing a global plastics crisis. 11 million metric tons of plastic ends up in our oceans every year. That’s equivalent to one garbage truckload of plastic waste every minute. This is projected to nearly triple to around 29 million metric tons (or 2.5 trucks per minute) by 2040.
The plastic problem
Here at the Global Plastic Policy Centre, we have found that the existing plastic policy landscape often addresses plastic products or lifecycle stages in a siloed approach that limits the effectiveness of innovative measures to tackle the plastic problem.
Systemic change and transitions towards sustainable solutions are necessary. As such, our evidence-based analysis of existing policies is needed to help inform better decision making and approaches around plastic policies.