Mapping local plastic recycling supply chains: insights from selected cities in India, Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam
Though many urban areas of India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam have municipally managed waste collection, there remains a high reliance on the informal sector for the collection, aggregation, and recycling of plastic. The opportunity to improve the management of plastic waste in these countries is vast. While there is a range of existing studies on national waste flows, few explore the plastic supply chains in more localized contexts.