This report provides a global overview on the progress of countries in passing laws and regulations that limit the manufacture, import, s

The development and use of synthetic polymers, and plastics has conferred widespread benefits on society.

Plastics have become one of the most ubiquitous materials used globally, and global production has on average increased by about 9% per y

Plastics1 are regarded by many as an essential part of our lives, in the 21st Century.

Plastics have been applied as ingredients in PCCPs for several decades with early patents dating from the 1960’s – today they remain a ho

Hundreds of millions of people and industries worth billions of dollars depend on healthy shallow water reef ecosystems (UN Environment,

Plastic litter in the ocean can be considered a ‘common concern of humankind’.