{"id":1480,"date":"2019-10-24T21:59:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pi3.gr\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2019-11-25T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T12:59:41","slug":"the-new-plastics-economy-global-commitment-2019-progress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pi3.gr\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/the-new-plastics-economy-global-commitment-2019-progress-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment 2019 Progress Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1480\" class=\"elementor elementor-1480\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02c8852 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02c8852\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8be050\" data-id=\"d8be050\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c93c1e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c93c1e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The question is not whether a world without plastic pollution is possible, but what we will do together to create it.<\/em><\/p><p>That\u2019s why have signed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The commitment calls on companies and governments to eliminate the plastic we don&#8217;t need, to innovate so that all plastic we do need is 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable, and to circulate all the plastic we use. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newplasticseconomy.org\/\">Read the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment progress report 2019<\/a> to learn more about what we, and others around the world, are doing to make it a reality.<\/p><p>Among the key messages of the report are the following:<\/p><ol><li>This report provides an unprecedented level of transparency on how almost 200 businesses and governments are transitioning to a circular economy for plastics.<\/li><li>Promising progress is being made as companies set out actions to eliminate problematic plastic packaging, and to increase the use of recycled plastic in packaging by more than five-fold by 2025.<\/li><li>We must see a continued increase in the ambition level to eliminate problematic and unnecessary plastic packaging, innovate so that all plastic packaging is 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable, and circulate all the plastics we use so they don\u2019t become waste or pollution.<\/li><li>Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UN Environment Programme call for more businesses and governments to sign the Global Commitment and work towards achieving a circular economy for plastics.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85b59bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85b59bd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e898b63\" data-id=\"e898b63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53c3e87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53c3e87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pi3.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/digital-asset_New-Plastics-Economy-vision-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1483\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pi3.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/digital-asset_New-Plastics-Economy-vision-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pi3.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/digital-asset_New-Plastics-Economy-vision-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pi3.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/digital-asset_New-Plastics-Economy-vision-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pi3.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/digital-asset_New-Plastics-Economy-vision-1024x1024.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The question is not whether a world without plastic pollution is possible, but what we will do together to create it. 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