The Alliance to End Plastic Waste was formed in 2019 and includes dozens of top companies from across the world, but it has been slow to make progress on its goals and should set more substantial and clear targets moving forward, according to a report by Planet Tracker.
The Planet Tracker report calls on the organization to re-evaluate its plastic waste targets, set investment levels that will help members work toward reducing waste and provide transparent and measurable reports on its progress. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) includes organizations from across the world’s plastics supply chain and has pledged $1.5 billion over a five-year period to reduce plastic waste by 15 million metric tons, or 3 million metric tons per year.
According to data analysis by Planet Tracker, over the first three years of the AEPW’s work, it has achieved less than 1% of its goal to divert plastic waste. With continuing growth in the organization, Planet Tracker says that also means the average waste target per member has dropped by 56%
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