Dima Horani
Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association
+971 4 451 0666 Ext 109
Wolfgang Lange
PlasticsEurope
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Allyson Wilson
American Chemistry Council
+1 202-249-6623
Ms. Malathy Balakrishnan
Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association
+6 03 7876 3027
How do we reduce substantial plastic leakage into the environment—one of the greatest challenges we face as a society? In Summer 2020, Meridian brought together Marcus Eriksen of the 5 Gyres Institute (an environmental NGO) and Stew Harris of the American Chemistry Council (a plastics industry trade organization) for a conversation on how to achieve this shared vision.
WASHINGTON (August 11, 2020) – The Global Plastics Alliance (GPA) released its 5th Progress Report announcing approximately 395 marine litter prevention projects have been planned, underway, or completed as of early 2020. The GPA, a…
WASHINGTON (October 21, 2019)—Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) last week introduced The Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for Cleaner Seas Act (PLASTICS Act, H.R. 4636 ), which seeks to reduce marine debris…
September 2019 is Clean-up and Recycle SA month – a time to unite and tackle litter and pollution in the environment. Plastics SA encourages all forms of pollution eradication, and as such, has already hosted four clean-up projects this year.
NAIROBI (March 15, 2019) –The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) today approved resolution UNEP/EA.4/L.10, which, among other things, calls for strengthening coordination and cooperation of initiatives to eliminate discharges of marine litter and microplastics into…
The Dow Chemical Co., a global leader in materials science solutions, has launched a campaign to address the critical issue of plastics in our oceans. Dow’s cleanup effort, dubbed #PullingOurWeight, encourages its employees, their families,…
ACC issued the following statement supporting House passage of House amendment to S. 756, the “Save Our Seas Act” of 2018.
New Impact Investment Management Firm to Finance Regional Waste Management and Recycling Solutions That Remediate and Prevent Ocean Plastic
Plastic packaging is widely blamed for causing marine litter. But even plastic packaging producers and supporters want the material to be part of the solution. “We all want clean oceans and we work on solutions…
Just eight countries are responsible for most ocean plastic. They need help. By Adam Minter, Bloomberg News– Since Jan. 1, when China stopped accepting the rich world’s recyclable plastic waste, it’s gotten a ton of criticism…
