Global tourism takes on plastic pollution

Tourism businesses and destinations are uniting behind a new initiative to tackle plastic pollution at its source. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, have launched the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, which sees them all work towards the common vision of a circular economy for plastics. The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative aims to stop plastic ending up as pollution and reduce the amount of new plastic that is produced in the first place. It implements the New Plastics…

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