Global Scans · Plastics · Weekly Summary

• [New] Unlike waste management-focused efforts, the Global Plastics Treaty is an opportunity to take a more comprehensive approach to the plastic crisis. Break Free From Plastic
• [New] All countries must come forward with bold pledges including a biodiversity target to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, to tackle plastic pollution, overfishing and for greater governance of the high seas. The Guardian
• [New] North Somerset Council will this month being collecting plastic bags and soft plastic wrappings as part of an overhaul of the waste services offered to households. MRW
• Myne is confident that demand for recycled plastics will boom after 2030, when many European countries are expected to enforce legislation mandating the use of recycled content in packaging. Polyestertime
• Based on current trends, global demand for plastics is projected to double by 2050, which has severe implications for the environment and human health. Population Connection
• North Somerset Council will this month begin collecting plastic bags and soft plastic wrappings as part of an overhaul of the waste services offered to households. MRW
• Australia will join other nations in Switzerland in August for a final round of negotiations on the global plastics treaty. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• The UK government has previously confirmed that the Circular Economy Taskforce will focus, as a priority, on the following 5 sectors: textiles, transport, construction, agri-food and chemicals & plastics. Walker Morris
• The upcoming final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty is a critical opportunity to call on governments to collaborate in addressing plastics pollution through a full life cycle approach to protect human health. LSHTM
• Economic Costs: India could lose USD 133 billion in material value due to plastic waste by 2030, with significant municipal spending on waste management. EDUREV.IN
• Plastic pollution exacerbates the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, threatening food security, livelihoods, and health worldwide. Countercurrents
• The resumed negotiations for the plastic treaty in 2025 presents a crucial opportunity to finalise an agreement that matches the scale and urgency of the plastic pollution crisis. UNSW Sites
• For decades, plastic pollution has been a major concern as plastics are produced and consumed at an unsustainable rate, which puts the world's health, economic, and social well-being at risk. Vatican News
• Plastic pollution poses a growing threat to food security and public health, advocating for strategies such as banning unnecessary single-use plastics, promoting reusable alternatives, and holding producers accountable through circular economy policies. Krishak Jagat
• In 2025 the spotlight is on plastic pollution, one of the most urgent and pervasive threats to ecosystems, biodiversity and human health. Sunday Observer
• Lack of control and undisciplined disposing of plastic waste has become a serious danger of plastic pollution across the world at present. Global New Light Of Myanmar
• In just two months, countries will come together to try to hammer out a new global treaty to end plastic pollution. India
• Economic Costs: A FICCI report estimates India could lose USD 133 billion in material value from plastic packaging by 2030, with USD 68 billion lost due to uncollected plastic waste. Drishti IAS
• Plastic pollution is a growing global threat - deepening the impacts of the triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. Corrigenda
• Over 400 million tonnes of plastic waste are generated annually, with less than 10% recycled - and 23 million tonnes leaking into aquatic ecosystems each year, threatening marine life and human health. Sangri Today Spotlight
• Plastic pollution in South Africa has been mostly due to industry use of plastic materials, much of which ultimately end up in oceans via rivers, threatening marine life. Trending Online
• Between 2000 and 2019, plastic production output doubled, and current projections suggest that by 2060, annual plastic waste could reach one billion tonnes - with nearly half landfilled, incinerated, or leaking into the environment. Circular Online
• If current trends continue, global plastic waste could reach one billion tonnes annually by 2060. Circular Online

Last updated: 30 June 2025