TY - BOOK ID - 58329096 TI - Improving markets for recycled plastics : trends, prospects and policy responses. PY - 2018 SN - 9264301011 9264301003 PB - Paris : OECD, DB - UniCat KW - Recycled products. KW - Recycled commercial products KW - Recycled consumer goods KW - Recycled goods KW - Recycled manufactures KW - Secondary materials (Recycled products) KW - Commercial products KW - Green products KW - Economics KW - Business & Economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:58329096 AB - 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 tonnes in the 1950s. Yet today only 15% of this plastic waste is collected and recycled into secondary plastics globally each year. This report looks at why this is the case and what we can do about it, as the pervasiveness of plastics is becoming an urgent public health and planetary problem. Not only is the diffusion of waste plastics into the wider environment creating hugely negative impacts, but plastics production emits approximately 400 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually as a result of the energy used in their production, transport, and final waste treatment. Improved plastics collection and recycling represents a promising solution to these concerns. ER -