Abstract
More than 100 public organizations, as well as companies making and recycling plastic in the European Union, have agreed to recycle at least 10 million metric tons (t) of plastic annually by 2025. Currently, less than 4 million t of plastic is recycled of the more than 27 million t of such waste generated in the region, according to the European Commission. The signatories to the declaration, which include firms such as BASF, Covestro, and Unilever, are members of the Circular Plastics Alliance, a partnership of plastics producers, converters, and recyclers that the EC set up in December 2018 in response to the growing environmental hazard posed by plastic waste. The agreement, which is voluntary, includes measures that members will take to meet the target, including the redesign of plastic products to make them easier to recycle; the development of monitoring systems to track the flow of plastic waste; and
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