Roundtable on Plastics
The Roundtable on Plastics provides a multi-sectoral forum for examining issues associated with national efforts to reduce plastic pollution. The roundtable activities will cover all aspects of the plastics lifecycle and examine potential interventions in plastic production and waste management, environmental and health impacts, and data collection, management, and modeling. The goal is to explore and advance systemic solutions and interventions across each stage of the life cycle, address the complexity and diversity of issues in reducing plastic waste, and catalyze the development of innovative solutions to the plastic pollution and waste problem.
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Circularity and Plastics: Proceedings of a Workshop
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·2025
The National Academies' Roundtable on Plastics convened a workshop in May 2025 to explore circularity and other approaches for sustainable life cycle management of plastic materials to mitigate plastic pollution, including reduction of plastic waste through redesign, reuse, remaking, and recycling....
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