1 billion dollar alliance for plastic waste in the oceans
According to the information shared by the nation, 8 million tons of plastic waste is left to the seas each year. Plastic pollution polluting seas threatens the presence of fish and other marine creatures. Moreover, plastic pollution is not limited to seas, but also reach people through the food chain.
In this context, over 25 companies located in the value chain in the waste management and recycling field, The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW-Plastic Wastes to End)]]. [
AEPW aims to minimize plastic waste and improve the necessary solutions for control. In this context, it also evaluates cyclic economy solutions to be used as input of used plastics.
1 billion dollar investment
AEPW’s founding members include world giants such as Procter & Gamble, Henkel, Shell, BASF and ExxonMobil. The founder members commit to 1 billion dollar resources to fight plastic waste in the seas within the next five years. Among the investment areas to be used of this amount, R&D works for new recycling technologies, infrastructure projects to be done for waste collection and recycling are headers such as cleaning areas where platic pollution is heavily seen.
Works in these investment areas will undoubtedly be useful in reducing plastic pollution. However, experts are drawn from , especially when they are concerned about the packaging of fast consumption products, until recycling technologies, you can also make a difference with the development of reusable, refillable options gold.
The way to go in plastic pollution is long, the work to do is very. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on innovations that will give both these types of commitments and reduce the separation of resources and plastic consumption. [