The significant increase in plastic pollution is an environmental crisis of our time. In March 2022, 175 member states adopted a historic resolution at the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2), to develop an international, legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. As member states are negotiating the ins and outs of the forthcoming instrument, key industry players across the plastics value chain are, to varying degrees, pr