Share of plastic resin volume used in single-use plastic products
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Percentage of total plastic resin volume that is used in products classified as single-use plastic across direct operations, downstream activities and end-of-life.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- % — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period for which plastic resin volumes are measured
- Aggregation
- Ratio of plastic resin volume used in single-use plastic products to total plastic resin volume across the stated boundary
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Plastic pollution
- Controlled domain
- Pollution
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Direct operations, downstream activities and end-of-life
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Adopting DisclosureSource evidence
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Disclosure
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, Metric no. C.C2.3
- Adopting DisclosureC.C2.3
TNFD sector guidance
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Version 1.0, June 2024
- Requirement
- Conditional
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, Metric no. C.C2.3
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- % — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period for which plastic resin volumes are measured
Unit meaning: Values use % under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.
Published dimensions
- Value-chain stage: direct operations, downstream and end-of-life
- Plastic product use classification: single-use plastic versus total plastic resin volume
- Applicable single-use plastic definition or classification standard
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Percentage
Formula
(V_SUP / V_total) × 100Apply the source-defined TNFD sector-guidance method within the stated reporting boundary. The source specifies a standalone percentage outcome, its numerator construct, denominator construct and value-chain boundary. It is not equivalent to total plastic material inputs or a broader plastics circularity table because it reports the single-use share of resin volume.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
V_SUP | Plastic resin volume used in single-use plastic products | Volume of plastic resin attributed to products classified as single-use plastic within the stated reporting boundary. | volume |
V_total | Total plastic resin volume | Total volume of plastic resin within the same reporting boundary and reporting period. | volume |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
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Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026
TNFD additional sector guidance collection
- Publisher
- Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- Edition
- Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
- Locator
- Page 54, Section 3.2, Table 14, Metric no. C.C2.3
Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Share of plastic resin volume used in single-use plastic products”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).
- Definition of single-use plastic products used for classification, including any alignment with EU Directive 2019/904.
- Total plastic resin volume denominator and the measurement basis used to determine volume.
- Plastic resin volume attributed to single-use plastic products.
- Coverage and treatment of direct operations, downstream activities and end-of-life.
- Data sources, estimation methods, exclusions and assumptions for value-chain stages.
Record-specific limitations
- The result depends on the definition and classification of single-use plastic products.
- Volume attribution and boundary coverage may be incomplete where downstream or end-of-life data are estimated.
- The metric measures resin volume share and does not directly quantify plastic leakage, waste generation or environmental impact.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.