Eliminating Ocean Plastics: What’s the Plastics Industry Doing to Help?
Plastics help make our homes more energy efficient, our cars safer, and our food last longer. But nobody benefits when plastics end up in our oceans.
Everyone agrees: plastics don’t belong in our oceans. The plastics industry is taking action.
The plastics industry is committed to the goal of eliminating marine litter. Plastics makers are collaborating with scientists and conservation groups around the world on hundreds of projects designed to keep plastics out of our oceans.
Seventy-five plastics associations in 40 countries have signed the Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter. The 4th Progress Report summarizes the commitments made under the Declaration and the marine litter projects undertaken.
Here is a sample of these projects:
For more information on these and other efforts to eliminate marine litter, visit MarineLitterSolutions.com.