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    The Alliance for the End of Plastic Waste releases a progress report for 2020

    • Last Update: 2022-07-05
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    [ Hot attention from Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] On September 2, 2020, The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the "Alliance") released its 2020 Progress Report, detailing the organization’s Work carried out to achieve its vision and mission.

     
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    The vision of the alliance is to "end the plastic waste in the environment" and is committed to the management and recycling of plastic waste.
    The four strategic pillars are "public construction, innovation, education and participation, and clean up.
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    In 14 cities in 6 countries in Southeast Asia, India and Africa, the alliance has launched 14 cutting-edge projects to solve the challenge of plastic waste.
    The report also introduced 55 member-led projects with a total value of US$400 million.
    These projects are designed to find solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment.

     

    Jacob Duer, president and executive officer of the Alliance for the End of Plastic Waste, said: “We must act now or millions of tons of plastic waste will continue to flow into the ocean.
    The road ahead is long, and the alliance has won in 18 months.
    The progress is only the beginning.
    But when we work together with different industries, governments, civil society and development agencies, we can significantly accelerate progress.
    The problem can be solved, and we will adopt a comprehensive strategy with deep technical knowledge and overall The resources of the plastics industry value chain are backing.
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      Durr added: "Our goal is to transfer millions of tons of plastic waste from more than 100 high-risk cities elsewhere within five years, improve the lives of millions of people, and promote a circular economy.
    The alliance has demonstrated its success.
    How can plastic waste management solutions attract investment to expand scale and speed up progress.
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      In the 2020 progress report, examples of project milestones achieved by the alliance and its members in four strategic areas:
     
      In the 2020 progress report, examples of project milestones achieved by the alliance and its members in four strategic areas:

      In Jembrana County (Jembrana) in northwestern Bali, Indonesia, the STOP (Eliminate Marine Plastics) project created a solid waste management service in Jembrana County, and its comprehensive recycling system will create new* jobs.
    The alliance and the STOP project will build a system that collects 20,000 tons of waste per year.
    This will initiate major changes at the level of society as a whole, involving citizens, governments and communities.

     

      Zero Waste Plastic Cities, this is the common vision of the alliance and Grameen Creative Lab (Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus is the co-founder of the lab), not only focusing on leakage into the environment Of plastic waste, and also founded sustainable social enterprises to improve the lives of residents in Puducherry, India and Tan An, Vietnam.

     

      In the past year, the Alliance’s cooperation with Plug and Play’s innovation platform to end plastic waste has fostered a number of start-ups that can influence the value chain of the plastics industry.
    More than 1,000 start-ups from Silicon Valley and Paris applied to participate in the project, and the third center Singapore launched an accelerator project this summer, which aroused widespread public interest.

     

      As a participant in smart and sustainable resource management, SUEZ is also one of the founding members of the alliance.
    Suez is using its expertise to solve the problem of plastic waste leakage in Thailand and is building the company's plastic recycling plant outside Europe.
    The recycling plant will convert 30,000 tons of polyethylene film waste collected locally into recyclable materials.

     

      Examples of our cross-value chain cooperation include:
     
      Examples of our cross-value chain cooperation include:

      Milliken, Llyondellbasell and Berry Global are working together to study a secondary sorting system: innovatively introduce a secondary sorting channel in material recycling, thereby increasing the recycling of valuable materials, such as paper and various plastic products .

     
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      Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, CP Chemical, and Dow Corporation funded the Ocean Fund by Circulate Capital to fill the funding gap for plastic waste collection in Asian countries such as China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

     

      Dai Huaide, Chairman of the End Plastic Waste Alliance, Chairman, President and Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble, emphasized in the report: “Plastic waste is a serious challenge that requires fast action and strong *.
    I believe that the way to success is collective action, innovation and cooperation.
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    By supporting a series of value chain innovation measures involving individuals, public and private sectors, we can promote the recycling and economic value of post-consumer plastic products.
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      2025 target
     
      2025 target

      The 2020 progress report also announced the alliance’s 2025 goals.
    The alliance and its members will establish investable models and partnerships within 5 years.
    Its strategic focus includes infrastructure development, innovation, cleanup, education and participation, so as to:
     

      Achieve zero discharge of plastic waste in multiple cities, and transfer more than millions of tons of plastic waste from more than 100 high-risk cities to other places through alliance projects.

     

      Realize the local management rights of waste and support the healthy lives of more than 100 million people.

     

      Reinvest at least five times more funds to accelerate actions and solutions, end plastic waste, and build sustainable cities.

     

      Original title: Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Releases 2020 Progress Report
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