Plastic Overshoot Day 2025 Report

This comprehensive report from Earth Action can help you to better understand (and communicate) the scale of the plastic pollution crisis, including the contributions of individual nations. The report provides a high level summary of plastic pollution trends globally; highlights how improvements in waste management are being outpaced by patterns in plastic production and disposal; and fills key knowledge gaps related to micro- and macro-plastic leakage. To support the provision of tailored recommendations, it also establishes five country archetypes to support the profiling of countries based on determining factors such as local per capita plastic consumption, the import and export volumes of waste, and the country’s waste treatment capacities.