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Plastic pollution is a global problem, threatening both the health of humans and ecosystems all over the world. In June 2021, the Global Plastic Action Partnership and UpLink launched the Global Plastic Innovation Network (GPIN). The initiative aims to source innovative solutions to help stem the devastating flow of plastic pollution.
2. Modernizing waste supply chains in Indonesia. Indonesian firm Kibumi is a digital start-up company and World Economic Forum Uplink member on a mission to modernize the ways in which plastic waste is collected. The firm collaborates with a range of involved parties from waste collectors, brand owners, the packaging and recycling industry, and ...
A new study outlines multiple pathways to address the rising piles of waste and why collaboration is key to creating effective plastic action roadmaps. The United Nations has only one year left to complete an international treaty to end plastic pollution. Solving the problem of plastic pollution once and for all would be a huge win for both the ...
Low-tech, high-impact solutions to ocean plastic pollution | World Economic Forum. Circular Economy. These innovations are pulling plastic pollution out of rivers to stop it reaching our ocean. Here’s how. Feb 11, 2022. 8 million tonnes of plastic pollution ends up in our oceans every year. Image: RiverRecycle.
A collection wheel lifts plastic waste from a collection point on the Citarum River. Image: Clean Currents Coalition. The Citarum River concentrator - Indonesia. A plastics capture system will help clean up the heavily polluted Citarum River in West Java, which can remove 20 to 100 tonnes of waste daily. Active concentration modules placed ...
01:48. Plastic pollution is out of control and Uplink is looking for ideas to improve waste management and prevent waste at source. But, even though climate change is a global issue, great impact can be achieved on a local, community-based scale. A community-based solution is one in which the members of vulnerable communities are empowered to ...
Image: McKinsey & Company. In 2019, the CIEL estimated that production and incineration of plastic would add 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere – equivalent to 189 coal-fired power plants. By 2050 this could rise to 2.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year – or 615 coal plants’ worth.
Angirus calls its product ‘Wricks’. They could help to cut air pollution and CO2 emissions in India using some of the 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste generated there every year. Wricks are 30% stronger than standard red clay bricks, 20% lighter and 80% damp proof. They are made entirely from recycled waste, including construction waste ...
Cutting plastic pollution by 80% by 2040 is possible, according to the United Nations. The first step is eliminating plastics where possible to reduce the size of the problem. The World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership translates commitments to reduce plastic pollution and waste into concrete action.
Here are four key imperatives that inform our plastic action efforts: 1. Start simple: Plastic bag ban. In 2019, Pakistan became one of 128 countries with a single-use plastic (polythene) bag ban in place. Pakistan’s ban halted the production of 600,000 kilograms per annum.