Examining Latin America's Transition to a Circular Economy for Plastics.

ABSTRACT: In light of global efforts to advance a circular economy for plastics, this study examines Latin America's transition through three core objectives. First, it analyzes secondary data on plastic production and consumption and the generation, mismanagement, and transboundary trade of plastic waste. Second, it scrutinizes government-led initiatives across the region based on official policy documents. Third, it conducts a SWOT analysis, evaluating the initiatives' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to assess the current landscape of circular product design and business models, as well as their potential to mitigate the environmental impacts of the triple planetary crisis. Findings reveal that plastic production, consumption, and waste are steadily increasing in the region, whil

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Meza LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12790530 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature