World Plastics Council talks industry work on marine litter
The World Plastics Council (WPC) highlighted the collaborative work launched to address marine litter based on recommendations in “Stemming the Tide: Comprehensive Strategies to Prevent Marine Litter” recently at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2). The WPC also announced that activities undertaken by plastic makers globally under the industry’s Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter (Declaration) have increased by 165%. The recently released 2016 Progress Report lists 260 industry-led projects either planned, underway or completed as of December 2015 to combat and reduce marine litter.
“Plastic makers are pleased to see this significant growth in the number of tangible solutions we are contributing to this global challenge,” says Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, executive vice president, SABIC, and chairman of the World Plastics Council. “We’re focused on targeted work to help keep waste from becoming litter in the first place. This event gives us an opportunity to share our progress and key learnings.”