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ICCA’s Plastic Additives Database has verified ~4,500 additives in commerce and includes information on nearly 14,000 plastic-related chemicals identified by UNEP. This powerful tool can be used today by governments, regulators and other stakeholders. Plastic additives are chemicals and should be regulated for all their uses through comprehensive chemical management frameworks. With ICCA’s Plastic Additives Database governments have access to key information on additives use, function, existing regulations and more, to help governments make sound, science-based decisions on plastic additives.

ICCA has verified ~4,500 plastic additives are used in commerce. ICCA’s Plastic Additives Database enhances transparency for governments and supports more effective, science-based decisions on plastic additives. Plastic additives are chemicals and should be regulated for all their uses through comprehensive chemical management frameworks. The database helps enable appropriate regulation of plastic additives by aggregating and enhancing access to critical information on additives, such as identification, use, function, existing regulations and more.

Local leaders and policymakers need clear, practical guidance to prevent plastic pollution. The Decision Tree to Prevent Plastic Pollution can help identify leakage-prone plastics in their community, understand the drivers of pollution, and select the most effective interventions across design, collection, recycling, and policy. It’s a scalable, science-informed resource that aligns with the aims of a global plastics pollution agreement and supports better decisions on the ground.

Guidance across sectors—packaging, automotive, healthcare—can ensure plastics are easier to reuse and remake. A global agreement can help align industries around smarter, more sustainable design.

Plastic pollution is most severe where waste collection doesn’t exist. Today, 2.7 billion people still lack access to basic waste management systems. Strengthening waste collection infrastructure is essential to protecting communities and reducing plastic leakage. A global plastics pollution agreement can play a critical role by supporting finance mechanisms, capacity building, technology transfer, and well-designed EPR systems that help countries develop and sustain modern waste management services.

Expanding waste collection and building modern waste-management systems are among the most effective ways to prevent plastic pollution. But ~2.7 billion people still lack access. A global plastics agreement can help mobilize the investment, technology, and capacity needed to close that gap — and protect communities. See the infrastructure solutions that can scale globally