RT Report
T1 Addressing Single-use Plastic Products Pollution Using a Life Cycle Approach
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 Watson, Alison
A2 Da Silva, Sarah
A2 Parmenter, Ryan
A2 Saer Saker, Alex Jose
A2 Vestli, Christoffer
A2 Soobron, Soodevi
A2 Chiaroni-Clarke, Rachel
A2 Davila Romero, Cesar Hugo
A2 Karuranga, Dismas
A2 Sealy, Justin
A2 Leem, Cheryl
A2 Jangprajak, Wassana
A2 Sandin, Gustav
A2 Miliutenko, Sofiia
A2 Liptow, Christin
A2 Lewis, Yvonne
A2 Notten, Pippa
A2 Gower, Alexandra
K1 pollution
K1 plastic product
K1 recycling
K1 waste management
K1 packaging
K1 life cycle
K1 gender
K1 Canada
K1 Colombia
K1 Europe
K1 Mauritius
K1 New Zealand
K1 Peru
K1 Rwanda
K1 Saint Lucia
K1 Singapore
K1 Thailand
K1 case study
SN 978-92-807-3841-4
YR 2021
FD 2021-02-16
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/35109
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/35109
NO In response to the request by Member States at the Fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly in March 2019[1], the report “ Addressing Single-Use Plastic Products Pollution using a Life Cycle Approach” describes: a) actions taken by Member States to address single-use plastic products (SUPP) pollution and b) a summary of recommendations from a series of LCA meta-studies on the full lifecycle environmental impacts of single-use plastic products in comparison with their alternatives. A critical finding, of this work is that “single-use” is more problematic than “plastic”. Member States are encouraged to support, promote and incentivize actions that lead to keeping resources in the economy at their highest value for as long as possible, by replacing single-use plastic products with reusable products as part of a circular economy approach. This will require systems change.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026