Published by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation
BY ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION ON AUGUST 25, 2020
The Foundation’s Plastics Pact network expands further today with the launch of the U.S. Plastics Pact at Circularity20. The Pact is led by The Recycling Partnership, with the support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The Foundation’s Plastics Pact network expands further today with the launch of the U.S. Plastics Pact at Circularity20. The Pact is led by The Recycling Partnership, with the support of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Ensuring plastic never becomes waste in the world’s largest economy will require unprecedented levels of innovation and collaboration. Today, more than 60 signatories unite behind a common vision for a circular economy for plastic, including businesses, government agencies, NGOs, universities, trade bodies, and investors. Together, the members of the first Plastics Pact in North America, aim to:
- Define a list of plastic packaging to be designated as problematic or unnecessary by 2021, and take measures to eliminate them by 2025
- Ensure all plastic packaging will be 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025
- Undertake ambitious actions to effectively recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging by 2025
- Ensure the average proportion of recycled content or responsibly-sourced bio-based content in plastic packaging reaches 30% by 2025