1. Minimising Plastic Waste in the Marine Environment:
Opportunities for investing in the transition to a circular economy
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Convene
Catalyse
HRH established the ISU in 2010 to help facilitate consensus around solutions to some of the world’’s most pressing social and environmental issues
the bringing together of different stakeholder groups and sectors is really our modus operandi, after having done intelligence gathering, widespread consultation and put together, in most cases, an evidence base that brings as many people into the conversation as possible
almost in every issue we have delved into we have sought a strong economic rationale and sought to bring the finance sector in
e.g PRP, land grabs, fisheries finance, Climate Wise, P80
Plastics meeting, Washington D.C, March 2017
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BLUE ECONOMY: - assets
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Why is plastic an issue for the marine environment?
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Plastic waste that leaks into the ocean presents a key risk to the ocean or ‘blue’ economy
Tourism
Seafood production
Infrastructure
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The solutions are predominantly terrestrial….
Ocean clean-up is largely not feasible at the scale required to make a difference and it may not be the best use of resources, despite progress being made in a number of innovation areas
Transition to a circular plastics economy – Innovation and design; Technology; waste infrastructure in emerging economies; Alternatives
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Enabling environment:
Secure, long-term policies that incentivise reduction, re-use and recycling and prolonged life-cycles of products
Role for certification?
A ‘Plastics Stewardship Council’…..
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