News in Numbers

2024

Deadline set by all 193 UN Member States, during the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly in March 2022, to create a binding legal agreement to stop plastic pollution.

271.86bn 

Size of the Global Sustainable Packaging Market in 2023. The Global Sustainable Packaging Market is expected to reach USD 393.39bn by 2028.

50% 

Half of consumers are willing to pay a higher price for products that come in sustainable packaging, according to a McKinsey report.

15% pp

The European Commission has established a goal to reduce packaging waste by 15 % per capita in each member state by 2040, in comparison to the levels recorded in 2018.

40% 

Of plastic waste in the world is plastic packaging, the United Nations has estimated.