Panel 4: Plastics and circularity – from pollution to a value based proposition for all

1. endplasticwaste.org
The largest global, CEO led, cross-value chain,
not-for-profit organization with the clear mission to
develop, deploy and bring to scale solutions that
will minimize and keep plastic waste out of the
environment while promoting solutions for used
plastics, including reuse, recovery, and recycling

2. The challenge
About 200 MMT of
plastic landfilled
or ending up as litter
Improper waste
management leads
to significant
leakage into
oceans and seas
(~8 MMT per year)
By 2025, the ocean
could contain 1 ton
of plastic for
every 3 tons of
finfish
There is untapped
value in post-use
plastic that can be
used to incentivize
collection and
reprocessing
Plastic waste
production is
expected to double
in the next 15
years
endplasticwaste.org

3. Combining the expertise of the whole value
chain from raw material to manufacturing, to
brand/retail, to waste management
Action-oriented to achieve tangible through
on-the-ground projects & investment in
infrastructure
Market-oriented by deploying strategies to
increase the value of plastic waste
streams to support investment
Collaborative by bringing together industry,
government, communities & civil society
The solution –
A complementary
approach
endplasticwaste.org

4. development to collect and
manage waste and increase
recycling
and engagement of
governments at all levels,
businesses, and communities
to mobilize action
to advance and scale new
technologies that make
recycling and recovering plastics
easier and create more value
from plastics once they’ve been
used
of concentrated areas of
plastic waste already in
the environment,
particularly rivers, that
carry land-based plastic
waste to the sea
STRATEGY
I N N O V A T I O N E D U C A T I O N C L E A N U PI N F R A S T R U C T U R E
FUNDING
Mutually-funded, philanthropic, Alliance-branded programs
Developed and implemented by the Alliance
Aggregated company-sponsored & directed investments into waste
management infrastructure or technologies supportive of the
Alliance’s mission
Developed and implemented by the member companies
PART A: $0.5 Bn Part B: $1 Bn
The solution
$0.5 bn
Part A
$1 Bn
Part B
$1.5 bn overall commitment
over 5 years
endplasticwaste.org

5. Global presence of Alliance members
Strategic partner:
endplasticwaste.org