Breaking Free from Single-Use Plastics

January 24, 2020
10:30–11:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

The world produces approximately 144 million tonnes of single-use plastic each year, along with a host of other single-use packaging items – such as cups and containers – most of which is neither collected nor recycled. Given the magnitude of this global crisis, how can policy-makers and business leaders tackle the challenge of investing in both waste management and waste prevention? On the...
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