PREVENT Webinar | Whereabouts unknown – plastic tracing technologies for circularity

Whereabouts unknown – plastic tracing technologies for circularity

Plastic materials often move through complex global value chains, making it difficult to track their composition, origin, and end-of-life pathways. Limited transparency can hinder effective recycling, reduce material value, and complicate efforts to build a circular economy for plastics.

This webinar introduces a new publication authored by Wuppertal Institute & GIZ which explores how plastic traceability can improve transparency along plastic value chains and support higher recycling rates. Presented by two of the authors, it offers a systematic overview of current and emerging tracing technologies – such as digital product passports and physical tracers – and discusses their implications, particularly for stakeholders in the Global South.

Speakers:

• Henning Wilts (Wuppertal Institute)
• Holger Berg (Wuppertal Institute)
• Filiz Jaetzold (GIZ)

📍 Read the publication: Whereabouts unknown – plastic tracing technologies for circularity

🎥 Watch the recording now: https://youtu.be/ki3tYQaPBSk?si=vvup9fH0uTe7TbJ-