Review of plastic footprint methodologies
2019
Boucher, Julien |
Dubois, Carole |
Kounina, Anna |
Puydarrieux, Philippe |
Of the 8,300 million tonnes of plastic produced from 1950 to 2015, only 7% has been recycled while more than half has been discarded in landfill or leaked into the environment. Companies, organisations, and governments are taking measures to tackle plastic pollution. However, there is currently no standard methodology to measure the extent of the plastic problem.