The Un-plastic Collective
A platform, that seeks to minimize externalities of plastics on the environmental, ecological, and social health of our planet.
A platform, that seeks to minimize externalities of plastics on the environmental, ecological, and social health of our planet.
A platform, that seeks to minimize externalities of plastics on the environmental, ecological, and social health of our planet.
Minimising externalities of plastics requires bold rethinking of social and industrial consumption. End-of-pipe plastics recycling, while necessary, is grossly insufficient and imperfect. Lawmakers and businesses must create mechanisms that reduce the production and consumption of petroleum-based plastics. The shift won't happen at the necessary pace unless the externalities are internalised, with those causing the externalities paying the true cost. Only then will the alternatives become financially attractive.
SUP-free Certification In response to the growing challenge posed by plastic waste management world over, many companies/businesses pledged bans or reductions in their use of plastic and approached the Centre for guidance and recognition in implementing these bans and reductions in plastic use (specifically, single-use plastic). Experts at the Centre drafted a protocol, (PIC CAN BE USED) reviewed by five independent experts from industry and research organisations; this was rolled out and adopted by several companies and promises to be a useful guidance document. More advanced versions will now be worked upon.
A team consisting of members from different specializations at the Centre now help record, certify and verify efforts at reduction of plastics intended for single use. The Protocol guides a process to identify, quantify, and implement phase-outs or bans on single-use plastics completely, consistently and transparently.
Contact person : @Sanaiya Batliwalla 9958116769
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Reduce and replace unnecessary plastic with alternative materials, in the long term.
Eliminate the unnecessary use of plastic.
Circulate plastic through the economy.
Commitment by business and government to act on Un-plastic.
Proliferation and cross-fertilization of ideas and practices on Un-plastic.
Substantial contributions to Un-plastic business value chains.
Enhancing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) amongst businesses.
Investers, for the vision to channel investment into research aiming at better design and material substitution.
Businesses
Government (national, sub-national, local)
Other active partners (e.g. NGOs, associations, academics), working to develop alternative materials and innovative technologies that simplify recovering and recycling plastics and better designed products.
Transformative change through systems thinking is the only long-term solution. A systems approach would address various externalities of plastics production, use and disposal. Such a system would leverage the benefits of plastics without putting ecological and social health at risk
