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Getty Images May 06, 2021 FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Recycling Partnership and SYSTEMIQ today launched Plastic IQ, a cutting-edge digital tool to help U.S. companies develop effective plastic packaging waste reduction strategies. Created with support from Walmart, Plastic IQ is a forward-looking, data-based planning tool that is aligned with industry best practices. The tool allows companies to prioritize actions to address plastic packaging waste, meet their sustainability goals, and ultimately accelerate progress toward a circular economy. Plastic IQ is available at no c...

Share this article Share this article FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Recycling Partnership and SYSTEMIQ today launched Plastic IQ, a cutting-edge digital tool to help U.S. companies develop effective plastic packaging waste reduction strategies. Created with support from Walmart, Plastic IQ is a forward-looking, data-based planning tool that is aligned with industry best practices. The tool allows companies to prioritize actions to address plastic packaging waste, meet their sustainability goals, and ultimately accelerate progress toward a circular economy. Developed b...

Martha McCoy Share: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Japan, and the tsunami that subsequently struck Japan caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. This natural disaster resulted in approximately 16,000 deaths, hundreds of thousands of evacuees, and vast devastation to buildings and infrastructure. In addition to this human loss and suffering, the tsunami substantially exacerbated a global pollution problem that threatens wildlife, the environment, the economy, navigation safety, and potentially human health: marine debris. The tsunami carried ...

65 member organisations from over 50 countries ran innovative and path-breaking campaigns helping consumers to rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, repair and replace plastic products in their everyday lives. 19 members held educational workshops with consumers and many more involved consumers directly in practical activities. Why shout about plastic pollution? Plastic is an incredibly adaptable and useful material. But the global production and consumption of plastics is now completely unsustainable, and shows no sign of slowing down.  The Pew Charitable Trusts & SYSTEMIQ report last y...

By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. Photo: Wildoceanssa. BUSINESS NEWS - Plastic pollution has become a global crisis and it comes as no surprise that Consumers International (CI), an international consumer organisation, chose “tackling plastic pollution” for International Consumer Rights Day. Although plastic can be a highly useful material, our production and consumption of plastic has become unsustainable. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts & SystemIQ report, Breaking the Plastic Wave, released in August last year, the flow of plasti...