Mapping the evidence on the role and impact of plastics in the context of health products and their packaging: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To map the global research on the impact of plastic-based health products and their packaging across the product lifecycle in order to inform equitable, sustainable governance for the role of plastics in health products.

Design

A scoping review of primary research and systematic reviews examining plastic-related outcomes in the context of health products or packaging using a systematic search of the MEDLINE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, GEOBASE and Compendex databases November 2024 with no date or language restrictions.

Setting

Studies spanning global and disciplinary contexts.

Participants

Primary research or systematic reviews that examined plastic-related outcomes in the context of health products or packaging.

Main outcome measures

We descriptively anal

SUBMITTER: Weerasinghe N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12921195 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature