Report: Most companies on track to miss global 2025 plastic waste targets

Stuart Stone
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation predicts 20 trillion wrappers, pouches and sachets could end up in the ocean by 2040 unless businesses and policymakers show more bottle on addressing the plastic crisis

Companies signed up to a global, UN-backed plastic corporate commitment are on course to miss a host of voluntary 2025 targets spanning circularity and virgin plastic use, putting the world's broader ambitions...

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