18 May 2021 --- New analysis released today has revealed just 20 companies – supported by a small group of financial backers – are responsible for producing over 50 percent of the single-use plastic ending up as waste worldwide. Published by the Minderoo Foundation, the “Plastic Waste-Makers Index” is reportedly the first time the financial and material flows of single-use plastic production have been mapped globally and traced back to their source.
