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Projections of Plastic Waste

<p>The dataset displays projections of plastic waste by end-of-life fate and overall plastic waste, in million tonnes (t) of plastic. This dataset provides estimates of plastics waste for the 15 global regions of the OECD ENV-Linkages model under the baseline scenario, detailed in the Annex of the OECD Global Plastics Outlook: Policy Scenarios to 2060. The time horizon for the projections is 2060.</p> <p><em>Additional information:</em> Plastic waste is calculated as a function of plastics use (in volumes), following Geyer, Jambeck and Law (2017), using a methodology based on lifespan distributions. Plastic waste collected for recycling is estimated by applying the shares of collected for recycling on plastics waste. Plastic waste is divided into different waste management streams (end-of-life fates) by applying end-of-life shares that vary across countries and that account for account for recycling losses and collected litter. The complete methodology can be found in the Annexes of the OECD Global Plastics Outlook: Policy Scenarios to 2060.</p> <p><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:env.linkages@oecd.org">env.linkages@oecd.org</a></p> <p><strong>Data source(s) used:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.1787/aa1edf33-en">OECD Global Plastics Outlook: Policy Scenarios to 2060</a>, <a href="https://www.oecd.org/content/oecd/en/topics/sub-issues/environment-economy-modelling-and-outlooks.html">OECD ENV-Linkages model</a>, <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700782">Geyer, Jambeck and Law (2017</a>)</p>