How Plastics Poison the Circular Economy

This executive summary encompasses three reports and provides context and overviews of the ways in which the chemicals studied poison recycling streams and stymie the promise of a healthy and environmentally sustainable circular economy.

The reports include:

• A Call to Action: Free Children from BPA’s Toxic Legacy
• PFAS in Clothing: Study in Indonesia, China, and Russia Shows Barriers for Non-toxic Circular Economy
• Brominated Flame Retardants in Plastic Products from China, Indonesia, and Russia

A more detailed technical summary of the three reports is available, as well: Toxic Plastics: A Health Threat to the Circular Economy