Where Is the Value in the Chain? : Pathways out of Plastic Pollution (English)

Plastic waste is omnipresent, it is in the air we breathe and the fish we eat, and it is overwhelming our oceans. More than 98 percent of plastic waste accumulates on land, where it then progressively pollutes inland waterways leading to the ocean. With no action, the annual flow of plastic into oceans will nearly triple by 2040. Plastics have had many positive impacts on development, from use in medical care to construction and in transport but today...

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Arri,Delphine;

Peszko,Grzegorz;

Aime,Milagros Cecilia;

Dim,Jennifer Uju;

Grotmann-Hoefling,Jan Philipp;

Xie,Jian;
Document Date
2022/10/02
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
176522
Volume No
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2022/10/03
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Where Is the Value in the Chain? : Pathways out of Plastic Pollution

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

1W-Dissemination of Pathways out of Plastic Pollution ASA -- P179013

Major Sector

FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

FY17 - Public Administration

Theme

FY17 - Environmental Health and Pollution Management

Sector

FY17 - Waste Management,FY17 - Other Public Administration

Topics

Environment and Natural Resources,Environmental Disaster,Pollution Management,

Unit Owning

GLOBAL ENR PM (SENGL)

ISBN

978-1-4648-1881-3; 978-1-4648-1882-0

Version Type

Final

Digital Object Identifier

10.1596/978-1-4648-1881-3

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

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Arri,Delphine; Peszko,Grzegorz; Aime,Milagros Cecilia; Dim,Jennifer Uju; Grotmann-Hoefling,Jan Philipp; Xie,Jian.

Where Is the Value in the Chain? : Pathways out of Plastic Pollution (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099015009302221450

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