Key Publications

Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution

https://www.unep.org/about-un-environment/inc-plastic-pollution

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

UNEP Marine Plastic Debris and Microplastics - Global Lessons and Research to Inspire Action and Guide Policy Change; 2016.

http://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/7720

UNEP Mapping of global plastics value chain and plastics losses to the environment (with a particular focus on marine environment). 2018.

http://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/26745

UNEP Single-use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability; 2018.

https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/25496

UNEP Marine Litter Legislation : A Toolkit for Policymakers; 2016. ISBN 9789280735949.

http://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/8630

UNEP Exploring the potential for adopting alternative materials to reduce marine plastic litter; 2018; ISBN 978-92-807-3703-5.

https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/25485

UNEP Legal Limits on Single-Use Plastics and Microplastics : A Global Review of National Laws and Regulations. 2018.

http://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27113

UNEP Addressing marine plastics: A systemic approach, Stocktaking report; Nairobi, 2018.

http://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/26746

UNEP International Resource Panel, Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter by 2050 under the G20 Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, 2021.

https://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/policy-options-eliminate-additional-marine-plastic-litter

UNEP, Chemicals in Plastics - A Technical Report, 2023.

https://www.unep.org/resources/report/chemicals-plastics-technical-report

UNEP, Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy, 2023.

https://www.unep.org/resources/turning-off-tap-end-plastic-pollution-create-circular-economy

UNEP Financial Initiative, Redirecting Financial Flows to end Plastic Pollution, 2023.

https://www.unepfi.org/publications/redirecting-financial-flows-to-end-plastic-pollution/

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD, Towards Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 2040 A Policy Scenario Analysis - Interim Findings, 2023.

https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/topics/policy-sub-issues/plastics/Towards%20Eliminating%20Plastic%20Pollution%20Interim%20Findings.pdf

OECD, Global Plastics Outlook – Policy Scenarios to 2060. 2022.

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2022/06/global-plastics-outlook_f065ef59.html

OECD, Improving Markets for Recycled Plastics - Trends, Prospects and Policy Responses, 2018.

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2018/05/improving-markets-for-recycled-plastics_g1g8e16c.html

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Plastics and the circular economy: A STAP document

https://www.thegef.org/sites/default/files/publications/PLASTICS%20for%20posting.pdf

Other International Organizations

IUCN. (2017). Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: A Global Evaluation of Sources9

https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2017-002.pdf

FAO. (2017). Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i7677e.pdf

OECD：Improving Markets for Recycled Plastics　Trends, Prospects and Policy Responses

https://www.oecd.org/environment/improving-markets-for-recycled-plastics-9789264301016-en.htm

UNEP and World Travel & Tourism Council, Rethinking Single Use Plastic Products (SUPPs) in Travel & Tourism, 2021.

https://wttc.org/sustainability/environment/plastic