Resources

This page contains resources relating to the Global Plastics Data Tracker and the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Development Reform's other work on plastics.

Expert insights

1. Counting our way to Zero Waste: How waste metrics will drive global change (28 March, 2025)

2. Sri Lanka's National Forum on Plastics and Circular Economy (11 April, 2025)

3. Beyond the Bin: Confronting the Reality of Global Plastic Recycling (18 March, 2025)

4. From negotiations to implementation: flying blind without data on plastics is not an option (December 6, 2024)

5. INC-5 Event: Developing national data systems to drive decision-making for the global plastic treaty and beyond (28 November, 2024)

6. Data-driven decision making for managing plastic pollution (26 November, 2024)

7. Introducing the Global Plastics Data Tracker (22 November, 2024)

8. Extended Producer Responsibility: A Critical Component for the Global Plastics Pollution Treaty (22 November, 2024)

9. Making the invisible visible: just transition, waste workers and INC-5 (19 November, 2024)

10. The Blind Spot for the Global Plastics Treaty: Why Data Matters (11 November, 2024)

11. Strengthening the Transparency and Accountability of the Global Plastics Treaty through Data: the Plastics Data Checklist (27 September, 2024)

12. Data-driven solutions: the Plastics Data Checklist (17 September, 2024)

13. Beyond the [Brackets]: Progress Towards the Global Plastic Treaty (6 May, 2024)