08 Feb 2023 --- Single-use plastic is at an all-time high, reveals Minderoo Foundation’s latest Plastic Waste Makers Index (PWMI). According to the report, an additional six million metric tons (MMT) of single-use plastics were produced from 2019 to 2021.“Recycling is failing to scale fast enough and remains, at most, a marginal activity for the plastics sector,” the index warns.