18 Oct 2022 --- The Minderoo Foundation has published its “The Price of Plastic Pollution” report, analyzing and warning about the state of plastic-related pollution, its associated climate risks and the implications for the stakeholders involved. The report estimates the social costs arising from all forms of plastic-related pollution – although dependent on imperfect assumptions – to exceed US$100 billion each year, much of it driven by human health harm. In 2021, the global plastics market was worth approximately US$600 billion. “This report builds on the already compelling evidence that plastic inflicts unacceptable damage on our health – and on that of our children. Arrested cognitive development, reduced reproductive viability, increased cardiovascular disease and obesity. The list goes on – and is increasing in length,” says Dr. Andrew Forrest, chairman at the Minderoo Foundation.
