Tag: Plastics Pact

Regional Plastics Pact for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island Nations

Stuart Mitchell

The Plastics Pact network will expand to include Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island nations. The ANZPAC Plastics Pact was announced by The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) at the Federal Government’s National Plastics Summit in Canberra, Australia on 2nd March. A first in the Pacific region, the ANZPAC Plastics Pact will work with businesses, governments, and NGOs from across the plastics value chain towards a circular economy for plastic, in which it never becomes waste or pollution. APCO will lead the development of the ANZPAC Plastics Pact towards…

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Portugal joins the Plastics Pact network

Stuart Mitchell

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact network welcomes its latest European member with the official launch of Pacto Português para os Plásticos. Currently led by Smart Waste Portugal, with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Action, the Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of the Sea, the Portuguese Plastics Pact brings together key stakeholders across the plastics packaging value chain. Businesses, the Portuguese government, cities, NGOs, and academia are working towards a common vision for a circular economy in which plastic never becomes waste or pollution. The…

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