Plastic

The Challenge

Plastic is around us in almost everything we use, wear, eat and consume. Unfortunately  it is also around us in ways that are harmful, to us and to our environment. Microplastics are found in our drinking water, in our soil, in our food and water sources. Plastic waste is threatening wildlife and habitats, and plastic manufacturing is harming natural resources.

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Solving this problem must be systemic, including diverse solutions to all aspects of plastic – from manufacturing, to reuse, recycling and treatment at end of life, to developing new alternatives to plastic. But even this is not enough. We must forge new collaborations between stakeholders, forge alliances for systemic change, and unlock new capital to enable and accelerate that change.

Innovation for alternatives can come from technological based innovation that brings plastics into the circular economy whilst reducing waste and targeting net zero. 
 

Categories include:

• Material Substitution

• Material Redesign

• Material Efficiency

• Alternative Delivery

• End of Life Enabling Solutions

• Chemical Recycling

• Recycling, Upcycling and Circular Economy Solutions

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