13 Nov 2023 --- The Circulate Initiative has launched a new global edition of the Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker, the world’s first tool to track the scale of private investments into the plastics circular economy. Findings reveal that nearly 90% of all plastic circularity investments since 2018 went to North America and Europe, developed economies with stable investment and supportive policy environments, despite the top 20 countries for ocean plastic leakage being emerging economies. Assessing over 3,700 deals occurring in 91 countries between 2018 and the first six months of 2023, over US$160 billion in private capital has been directed to the plastics circular economy, which equates to approximately US$29 billion annually. Umesh Madhavan, research director at The Circulate Initiative, tells Packaging Insights that most private investors focus on North America and Europe because these markets are developed economies that offer a stable investment and supportive policy environment.
