The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and CPCIF Partner to Jointly Tackle Plastic Waste in China

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SINGAPORE and BEIJING, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire＝KYODO JBN/--

- New Partnership focuses on driving local solutions to end plastic waste in

the environment

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) today announced a strategic

partnership with China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) to

jointly promote the reduction and elimination of plastic waste in the natural

environment in China. The new partnership will bring together the Alliance's 47

leading global member companies and the strengths of CPCIF to jointly formulate

a strategic approach to identify and collaboratively implement local solutions

in China to address the plastic waste challenge.

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The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and China Petroleum and Chemical Industry

Federation Partner to Jointly Tackle Plastic Waste in China

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"No one country, company or community can solve the plastic waste challenge on

their own. The Alliance believes in the collaboration of governments through

public-private partnerships and long term commitment focused on acting locally

through projects that address a city's specific challenges," said Jacob Duer,

President and CEO, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. "We are excited to have CPCIF

as our partner and endeavour to make a meaningful and valuable contribution to

China's national effort to eliminate plastic waste from leaking into the environment."

"Advocating green development and promoting circular economy is one of the key

tasks of China's petroleum and chemical industry," said Li Shousheng, Chairman

of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. "We firmly believe that

since we invented plastic, we will also bound to find solutions to the plastic

waste problem. CPCIF is willing to give full play to its industry advantages,

work with stakeholders in the industry value chain and international partners,

such as the Alliance, who shares the same vision as CPCIF, to jointly and

effectively promote the plastic circular economy, improve and solve plastic

waste problems.

A joint Steering Committee will be set up under the partnership to formulate a

long-term strategic approach to achieve the following key objectives:

Bring together technical expertise, global investments and locally-led

solutions that will make a positive contribution to improving the management of

plastic waste in China

Identify and assess locally-relevant projects that can reduce and alleviate the

waste management and recycling crises that many cities and communities are facing

Engage, educate and promote sustainable practices in China on issues related to

plastic waste management

In addition, the partnership will open up opportunities to prove and accelerate

solutions that will unlock capital investments, which are necessary to tackle

the plastic waste challenge in China.

About the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste is an international not-for-profit

organization partnering with government, environmental and economic development

NGOs and communities around the world to address the challenge to end plastic

waste in the environment. Through programs and partnerships, we are focused on

solutions in four core areas: infrastructure, innovation, education and clean

up. As of May 2020, the Alliance has 47 members companies representing global

companies of organizations located through the Americas, Europe, Asia,

Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. We are headquartered in Singapore.

For more information, visit: www.endplasticwaste.org

About China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation

The China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) is a national,

comprehensive, non-profit public organization with service and certain

authorization and management functions. We have more than 500 members, which

representing 70% of the petrochemical capacity in China. For more information,

visit: http://www.cpcia.org.cn/cpcif/#/ 

SOURCE: The Alliance to End Plastic Waste

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