Improving Markets for Recycled Plastics : Trends, Prospects and Policy Responses / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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OECD [Herausgebendes Organ]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2018Description: 1 Online-Ressource (164 p.) ; 21 x 28cmISBN:

9789264301016

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Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: Improving markets for recycled plastics. Druck-Ausgabe. Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD, 2018. 160 SeitenDDC classification:

DOI: DOI: 10.1787/9789264301016-enOnline resources:

Summary: 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.PPN: PPN: 1747651095Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-13-SOC | ZDB-13-SOC-ebook

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