Plastic waste pollution has grown exponentially around the world, driven by growth in emerging markets and affecting the global community and the environment. According to the first Global Plastics Outlook report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), global production of plastics doubled between 2000 and 2019 to 460 million tons. In the same period, the world generated over twice as much plastic waste, at 353 million tons.1 Only 9% of the plastic waste was successfully recycled; the majority ended up in landfills (50%), was incinerated (19%), or eluded waste management systems (22%) (footnote 1). The OECD report also noted that plastics accounted for 3.4% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.