Total weight of plastics (polymers, durable goods and packaging) used or sold broken down into the raw material content

Unit

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: Metric tonnes (t)

Indicator

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: Resource consumption

Metric type

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: Pressure

Framework alignment notes

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10.3 10.4 10.5
C2.3
301-1 a
WHO Guidance
T7, T11

Target example

[Company name] will reduce the total weight of plastics [used/sold] by [amount, in absolute tonnes broken down into the raw material content, or percentage] by [target year], compared to a [baseline year] baseline.

Target Source: WBCSD target template

Sector

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Pharmaceutical

Value chain stage

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Raw Materials Manufacturing End of Life

Metric assessment

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Relevance: High

Feasibility: Low

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