Over the past four years, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative has rallied businesses and governments behind a positive vision of a circular economy for plastics.
Applying the principles of the circular economy, the New Plastics Economy initiative brings together key stakeholders to rethink and redesign the future of plastics, starting with packaging. The initiative is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with a broad group of leading companies, cities, philanthropists, policymakers, academics, students, NGOs, and citizens.
The New Plastics Economy reports, Rethinking the Future of Plastics and Catalysing Action, captured worldwide headlines and became global references.
The Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative is driving action with businesses and governments. In October 2018 it launched, in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, uniting over 400 organisations behind one common vision and an ambitious set of 2025 targets to address the plastic waste and pollution crisis at its source.
It has also created the Plastics Pact, a network of national implementation initiatives aligned around a common vision and set of ambitious targets. The UK Plastics Pact, led by WRAP, the Pacte National sur les emballages plastiques in France and Circula El Plástico in Chile are the first national initiatives participating in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Pact network. Other implementation initiatives are set to follow.
The New Plastics Economy initiative is supported by Wendy Schmidt as Lead Philanthropic Partner, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and Oak Foundation as Philanthropic Funders. Amcor, Borealis, The Coca-Cola Company, Danone, L’Oréal, MARS, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever, Veolia and Walmart are the initiative’s Core Partners. See all current participants.