Constantia Flexibles, producer of flexible packaging, signed the Global Commitment to eliminate plastic pollution. The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with UN Environment.
The official unveiling of this Commitment was made at the foundation’s Ocean Conference recently held in Bali and signed by 250 organizations.
More plastic than fish
Researchers estimate that more than 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced since the early 1950s. About 60% of that plastic has ended up in either a landfill or the natural environment. If current trends continue, there could be more plastic in the ocean by 2050 than fish.
Measures to reduce plastic pollution
One of the most important targets of the Global Commitment vision is transitioning from linear to circular packaging models. Participating companies and organizations have made the commitment to focus on developing packaging innovations which ensure easy and safe reuse, recycling, or composting. Therefore, Constantia Flexibles recently pledged that 100% of its packaging will be recyclable by 2025.
‘To achieve these goals, we are focusing on those products which are already currently recyclable in practice and at scale. Additionally, we are strengthening development efforts directed at overcoming the challenges of problematic or unnecessary non-recyclable packaging’, explains Thomas Greigeritsch, Vice President of Group Sustainability at Constantia Flexibles.
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