19/03/2021
We are proud to announce today our commitment to tackle plastic pollution and join the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, developed within the framework of the One Planet Sustainable Tourism Programme.
The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative offers a common vision for the tourism sector to take action that addresses the root causes of plastic pollution by rethinking and redesigning how we use plastics and enables front-running businesses and governments to lead by example in the shift towards circularity in the use of plastics.
By 2025, 8th Wave commits to:
- eliminate the plastic items we don’t need for events; innovate so all plastics we do need are designed to be safely reused, recycled, or composted; and circulate everything we use to keep it in the economy and out of the environment.
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme () and the World Tourism Organisation (), in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (), the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative acts as the tourism sector interface of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, already uniting over 450 businesses, governments and other organisations on the journey towards a circular economy for plastic.
The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative aims to stop plastic ending up as pollution while also reducing the amount of new plastic that needs to be produced. To realise this vision, 8th Wave commits to eliminate the plastic items we don’t need; innovate so all plastics they do need are designed to be safely reused, recycled, or composted; and circulate everything they use to keep it in the economy and out of the environment.
The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative will support us and other tourism stakeholders in our journey to:
• Eliminate problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging and items by 2025;
• Take action to move from single-use to reuse models or reusable alternatives by 2025;
• Engage the value chain to move towards 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable;
• Take action to increase the amount of recycled content across all plastic packaging and items used
• Commit to collaborate and invest to increase the recycling and composting rates for plastics
• Report publicly and annually on progress made towards these targets.
Learn more about the concrete actions we are taking to fight plastic pollution!
https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/sustainable-tourism/global-tourism-plastics-initiative
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