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Borouge, Pashupati Group partner on plastics recycling
Pashupati Group, an India-based me- ing, and recycling solutions, they said
chanical and chemical recycler of PET. without revealing more details.
Pashupati Group operates waste “This partnership is a testament to
management services under the Ex- Pashupati's vision and relentless effort
tended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to contribute to a circular economy
legislation for plastics introduced in and create sustainable materials on
India in 2016. The company uses its par with prime materials,” the com-
Waste Circularity mobile app to col- pany said in a statement, “Our strong
lect plastic waste in challenging ter- commitment to sustainability is a guid-
rains, including mountains and coastal ing factor in developing innovative so-
he companies will collaborate on areas, in addition to serving urban and lutions to reduce plastic waste and
Tthe collection, sorting, and recy- rural settings. It collects 12 million promote circularity.”
cling of polymers
PET bottles and 2 million polyolefin The announcement follows another
Borouge, a joint venture between the bottles a day. partnership between Borouge and
United Arab Emirates oil company Through the new partnership, the Abu Dhabi’s waste management cen-
Adnoc and Austria’s Borealis, signed a two companies will collaborate on tre in early October.
memorandum of understanding with the development of collection, sort-

New packaging coalition calls on UN to recognise natural materials

stream means of replacing plastic. life benefits.

The coalition, created by companies It also pushes for ambitious policies
Notpla, Loliware, Traceless, Xampla, and incentives to phase out unneces-
MarinaTex, Zerocircle and PlantSea, sary plastics such as extended pro-
holds that these materials offer a re- ducer responsibility systems, taxes
generative, circular solution to tackle and levies.
plastic waste and pollution. Notpla co-founder Pierre Paslier com-
The third session of the Intergovern- mented: “The global treaty underway
n the fight against plastic, a global mental Negotiating Committee (INC- now is a pivotal chance to coordinate
Icoalition of packaging companies is 3) will kick off in Nairobi from 13-19 ambitious action to address the plas-
calling on United Nations Treaty mak- November. Representatives will come tic crisis. We urge policymakers to
ers to recognise natural polymer ma- together to develop an international leverage this opportunity to support
terials. legally binding instrument on plastic natural solutions as the key solution
pollution, including in the marine en- to avoid plastic waste and pollution al-
The Natural Polymers Group is a new vironment. together, rather than relying solely on
industry voice committed to scaling
natural polymer solutions to reduce The Natural Polymers Group has set recycling or reuse of plastic.”
plastic pollution globally. out three policy endorsements ahead The coalition also supports the EU’s
of INC-3. This includes the call for a Single-Use Plastic Directive and in-
The group, representing seven com-
panies (across the US, Europe and global and clear definition for plastic vites other innovators, businesses,
and non-plastic substitutes and an researchers and NGOs to join its mis-
India), has been founded to establish
nature-based materials such as plants expanded criteria for circularity that sion.
recognises natural polymer’s end-of-
and seaweeds, as a viable and main-

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