ANZPAC Plastics Pact Launches
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The ANZPAC Plastics Pact (ANZPAC) launched in the Aus- tralia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands region, uniting busi- nesses,NGOs and governments behind a series of ambitious 2025 Targets to eliminate plastic waste. ANZPAC joins the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact Network, a globally aligned response to plastic waste and pollution that unites more than 550 member or- ganisations behind the shared vision of a circular economy for plastic, where it never becomes waste or pollution. By 2040, if countries fail to act, the volume of plastic on the market will double, the annual volume of plastic enter- ing the ocean will almost triple, and ocean plastic stocks will quadruple. The new cross-regional program will work to fundamentally transform the response to plastic by elimi- nating unneeded plastics, innovating to ensure that the plas- tics consumers do need are reusable, recyclable, or com- postable, and circulating the plastic used, keeping it in the economy and out of the environment. The ANZPAC Plastics Pact represents the complete plas- tics supply chain, from leading brands, packaging manufac- turers and retailers to resource recovery leaders, govern- ment institutions, and NGOs. ANZPAC Members will work towards four clear, action- able targets by 2025: • Eliminate unnecessary and problematic plastic packag- ing through redesign, innovation and alternative (reuse) de- livery models. • 100 percent of plastic packaging to be reusable, recycla- ble or compostable packaging by 2025. • Increase plastic packaging collected and effectively re- cycled by 25 percent for each geography within the ANZ- PAC region. • Average of 25 percent recycled content in plastic pack- aging across the region. The immediate next steps for the ANZPAC program to achieve its 2025 goals is to develop a roadmap for action. Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill May 17 that will limit the single-use plastic across the state. Washing- ton’s SB 5022 bans the manufacture, sale and distribution of certain expanded polystyrene (EPS) products.This includes packing peanuts, foam plastic coolers and dinnerware, ac- cording to the bill. Single Use Ban The bill also requires dining establishments to omit sin- gle-use plastic utensils, straws, cold-beverage cup lids and condiment packaging unless requested by customers.This applies to dine-in, takeout or delivery. The passage of SB 5022 makes Washington the first state on the West Coast and seventh state overall to ban polysty- rene foam food containers.Washington is also the first state to ban foam plastic coolers. Washington State Bans Polystyrene
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