ZURICH, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Amcor has
announced that it is joining the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the
Alliance) at Executive Committee level.
Amcor and the Alliance share the belief that collaboration and
collective action are critical to eliminating plastic waste.
Alliance membership also aligns with Amcor's 2025 Sustainability
Pledge to develop all its packaging to be recyclable or
reusable by 2025. This new partnership is the latest example of
Amcor's commitment to better waste management and recycling
infrastructure.
Ron Delia, Amcor
CEO, said, "Amcor's extensive innovation capabilities are
delivering packaging designed to achieve the commitment to make all
our packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. But keeping waste out
of the environment also requires collaboration across the global
value chain for better waste management and recycling
infrastructure, and to educate consumers. The Alliance serves
as a crucial forum for that collaborative effort across parties
aligned on the need to deliver more sustainable outcomes. I am
excited that Amcor is taking up this leadership role within the
Alliance and we look forward to working with the other Alliance
members to advance on our shared ambitions for responsible
packaging."
Jacob Duer, Alliance to End
Plastic Waste's Chief Executive, said, "The addition of
Amcor to the Alliance's Executive Committee strengthens our links
to the packaging industry. Amcor's expertise, as the world's
leading diversified packaging company, will bring new capabilities
to the Alliance's project portfolio and brings us closer towards
achieving our vision of ending plastic waste in the
environment."
The Alliance's 57 member companies agree to support, through
positive action, projects to build and scale solutions to end
plastic waste in the environment. Amcor already has projects
underway that actively tackle the problem of waste leakage and is
aligned with the Alliance's four strategic pillars – waste
management infrastructure, innovation, education and engagement and
cleaning up.
Examples of the Alliance's current projects include Project STOP
Jembrana in Indonesia, where a new
waste management system is being built to address high volumes of
plastic waste. The local community is being empowered to collect,
sort, and sell their own waste. Another example of the Alliance's
work is the End Plastic Waste Innovation Platform, which fosters
startups across the plastic value chain to accelerate innovation to
eliminate plastic waste.
Amcor also recently partnered with McKinsey.org to develop
recycling and waste management solutions for communities in
Latin America. Amcor is also a
member of the World Wildlife Fund-led activation hub, ReSource:
Plastic, and has global partnerships with Ocean Conservancy and the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy initiative.
To learn more about Amcor's collaborations to increase recycling
rates visit our sustainability partnerships page.
About the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste is an international non-profit
organisation partnering with government, environmental and economic
development NGOs and communities around the world to address the
challenge to end plastic waste in the environment. Through
programmes and partnerships, the Alliance focuses on solutions in
four strategic areas: infrastructure, innovation, education and
engagement, and clean up. As of March
2021, the Alliance has more than 57 member companies and
supporters representing global companies and organisations across
the plastic value chain. For more information, visit:
endplasticwaste.org.
About Amcor
Amcor is a global leader in developing and producing responsible
packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, home- and
personal-care, and other products. Amcor works with leading
companies around the world to protect their products and the people
who rely on them, differentiate brands, and improve supply chains
through a range of flexible and rigid packaging, specialty cartons,
closures, and services. The company is focused on making packaging
that is increasingly light-weighted, recyclable and reusable, and
made using an increasing amount of recycled content. Around 47,000
Amcor people generate US$12.5 billion
in sales from operations that span about 230 locations in 40-plus
countries. (NYSE: AMCR) (ASX: AMC).
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