This policy brief outlines the main findings from the project Plastic Waste Markets: Overcoming barriers to better resource utilisation. The aim of the project

Plastics have become one of the most prolific materials on the planet: in 2015 we produced about 380 million tonnes of plastics globally, up from 2 million tonn

While plastics are extremely useful materials for modern society, plastics production and waste generation continue to increase with worsening environmental imp

This project examines the market for recycled plastic, with a primary focus on post-consumer plastic waste because this is considered to be the more problematic