Circular Arizona joins the U.S. Plastics Pact to advance circular economy for plastics
Circular Arizona, a mission-driven nonprofit, adds its voice to the vision of achieving a sustainable future for plastic packaging through innovative change and solutions.
Phoenix, Arizona — Today, Circular Arizona has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a solutions-driven organization rooted in four ambitious goals intended to drive significant systems change by unifying diverse cross-sector approaches, setting a national strategy, and creating scalable solutions to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025.
As part of the U.S. Pact, Activators like Circular Arizona recognize that significant, systemwide change is imperative to realize a circular economy for plastics. As such, the U.S. Pact is convening more than 130 businesses, retailers, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and research institutions across the plastics value chain to bring one voice to U.S. packaging through national initiatives and innovative solutions for rethinking products, packaging, and business models.
Terrence Gellenbeck, Chair of the Circular Arizona Board of Directors, adds, “Circular Arizona is committed to fostering a circular economy in the Grand Canyon state. We look forward to adding our collective voice to those of numerous organizations as an Activator of the U.S. Plastics Pact to make a difference in the plastics value chain in Arizona and beyond.”
“Together through the U.S. Plastics Pact, we will ignite system change to accelerate progress toward a circular economy,” says Emily Tipaldo, Executive Director of the U.S. Plastics Pact. “The U.S. Pact will mobilize system-wide change through support for upstream innovation and a coordinated national strategy. This unified framework will enable members to fast-track progress toward our ambitious 2025 sustainability goals. Our Activators’ full participation is vital to reaching our shared goals.”
Achieving this vision will require new levels of accountability from all facets of the plastics supply chain. The U.S. Pact emphasizes measurable change, and, as such, Circular Arizona is committed to transparent annual reporting, WWF’s ReSource: Plastic Footprint Tracker, which will be used to document annual progress against the U.S. Pact’s four targets. The U.S. Pact’s “Roadmap to 2025” identifies key milestones and national solutions to achieving the U.S. targets and realizing a circular wherein plastic never becomes waste. “Baseline Report” illustrates where the journey begins and where the U.S. Pact will focus efforts to propel the monumental change required to create a circular economy for plastic packaging.
Circular Arizona members and stakeholders are encouraged to attend a free Virtual Connection with the U.S. Plastics Pact on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at noon. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElduispjsrE9VDwfm3QRtohJfEVw367OGt.
Further information on the U.S. Plastics Pact: https://usplasticspact.org/.
Circular Arizona envisions an equitable circular economy for a sustainable Arizona. Learn more about our mission at https://circulararizona.org/.
Media Contacts:
Ryan Gurr
Circular Arizona
Eric Downing
U.S. Plastics Pact
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