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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.
The goal of the Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership is to accelerate the eradication of plastic pollution, and build a circular economy for plastics as a replacement for the single-use plastic model. It has over 400 member organizations and aims to bring together society, business and government to translate commitments into real action.
For example, a mandate to build new plastic products using at least 30% recycled plastic would cut plastic pollution by 29%. Requiring in the UN Plastics Treaty that all new plastic products include a minimum of 30% recycled plastic would alone reduce the amount of plastic pollution generated every year by approximately 29% in 2050.
UpLink crowdsources innovations to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. It is working to reduce plastic pollution in collaboration with the Global Plastic Action Partnership. Together they have formed the Global Plastic Innovation Network to empower a community of high-potential innovators to tackle plastic pollution.
Looking at some of the other countries in the Global South, Indonesia – that generates more than 7.8 million metric tons of plastic waste, of which approximately 60% is mismanaged – has been working on a model that can mobilize public, private and community support to push for solutions for plastic waste management. Other global examples ...
This means the pernicious effects of all this plastic pollution on the marine environment are particularly concerning. A plastic-choked and warming ocean will create a negative feedback loop where plant and animal life suffer, less carbon dioxide is absorbed and our ability to rein in climate change is further hampered.
In 2013, Melati and Isabel Wijsen, then aged just 10 and 12, founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags – an NGO with a mission to fight the island’s plastic pollution problem. Today, Bye Bye Plastic Bags is a global movement, with 50 teams around the world educating tens of thousands of schoolchildren about the problems of plastic 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.
The Clean Currents Coalition has deployed projects around the planet to remove plastic waste from key river systems. River clean-ups help reduce the volume of plastic waste that reaches our oceans. Innovative ideas and science are helping community leaders and policymakers tackle the plastic-waste problem.
Poorer communities are often the ones that are the most vulnerable to climate change. This is due to a number of factors: as urban centres develop waste increases but without proper waste management systems; developed countries often export their waste to developing countries that cannot properly manage it; lack of education leads to improper waste practices, like burning or burying trash; the ...