Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker | The Circulate Initiative

Plastics Circularity
Investment Tracker

The Circulate Initiative's Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker provides insights into private investments in plastics circularity in emerging markets. Investment data is available by geography, solution and investment categories from 2018 onwards.

For example, what is the investment made into Asian companies offering refill/reuse solutions in 2018?

Deal Value (USD)

$4.06 B

Number of
Deals
414

Number of
Countries
38

Time
Period
2018 - 2022

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Notes :

1. Deals with undisclosed deal value are included in the deal count but excluded from deal value calculations.

2. Data for 2022 includes only the first nine months of 2022, i.e. the period of January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.

Last Updated :
March 8, 2023

Plastics Circularity Investments by Archetype

Click on each bubble to view the breakdown within each archetype where applicable.

For more detailed information on the definitions that have been used, please refer to the Glossary.

To find answers to the mostly commonly asked questions about the tracker, please access the FAQ sheet.

If you have any feedback, please submit it through the Feedback form.

Notes :

1. Deals with undisclosed deal value are included in the deal count but excluded from deal value calculations.

2. Data for 2022 includes only the first nine months of 2022, i.e. the period of January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.

Last Updated :
March 8, 2023

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Plastics Circularity
Investment Tracker

The Circulate Initiative's Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker provides insights into investments in plastics circularity in emerging markets. Investment data is available by geography, solution and investment types from 2018 onwards.

Plastics Circularity Investments by Year Chart

Plastics Circularity Investments by Year Data

Deal Year	Sum of Deal Value (USD)	Number of Deals
2018	$479,407,909	75
2019	$1,078,929,607	88
2020	$928,006,672	85
2021	$1,031,775,021	97
2022	$539,446,379	69
Grand Total	$4,057,565,588	414

Plastics Circularity Investments by Region Data

Region	Sum of Deal Value (USD)	Number of Deals
Africa	$89,908,600	67
Asia	$3,516,451,988	314
Europe	$20,500,000	14
Latin America and the Caribbean	$430,705,000	19
Grand Total	$4,057,565,588	414

Plastics Circularity Investments by Archetypes Data

Archetype	Sum of Deal Value (USD)	Number of Deals
Digital Mapping	$7,020,000	2
Materials	$145,921,363	72
Operational Platforms	$117,163,787	97
Recovery	$1,713,903,895	87
Recycling	$1,871,087,796	128
Redesign	$0	1
Refill / Reuse	$133,873,592	20
Services	$68,595,155	7
Grand Total	$4,057,565,588	414