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Improving Plastics Management: Trends, policy responses , and the role of international co-operation and trade policy PERSPECTIVES. OECD ENVIRONMENT policy PAPER NO. 12. OECD . 3. This policy Paper comprises the Background Report prepared by the OECD for the G7 Environment, Energy and Oceans Ministers. It provides an overview of current Plastics production and use, the environmental impacts that this is generating and identifies the reasons for currently low Plastics recycling rates, as well as what can be done about it. Disclaimers This paper is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and the arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of OECD member countries.
10. The proliferation of plastics use, in combination with poor endof-life waste - management, has resulted in widespread, persistent plastics pollution. Around 6 300 million tonnes of plastics waste are thought to have been generated between 1950 and 2015, of which only 9% were recycled, and 12% incinerated, leaving nearly 80% to accumulate
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