Tackling Plastic Pollution: A Pioneering Methodology to Measure Plastic Leakage and Identify its Pathways into the Environment
Year of Publication
2020
This resource summarizes the goals and focus of the Plastic Leak Project (PLP). PLP's guidelines are intended to help corporations move from broad commitments to metrics-based problem solving around plastic waste.
Source:
Quantis and Environmental Action (EA)
Author(s):
Geography:
Global
Type:
Measurement (Company/Product/Project)
Purpose of Measurement:
Understanding the Problem, Monitoring and Evaluation, Solution Sets and Impact Potential
Impact theme(s):
Material Flows
This resource summarizes the goals and focus of the Plastic Leak Project (PLP). PLP's guidelines are intended to help corporations move from broad commitments to metrics-based problem solving around plastic waste. PLP provides a methodology with industry specific metrics to track plastic leakage along the value chain of a product or entire company. Through understanding the baseline, PLP enables corporations to prioritize interventions and track progress around plastic waste.