Alliance to End Plastic Waste

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Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Type 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
PurposeEnvironmental advocacy
HeadquartersSingapore
Region served
Worldwide
President and CEO
Jacob Duer
Website https://www.endplasticwaste.org

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Singapore. [1]

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History

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste was founded in 2019. [2]

AEPW promised in 2020 to spend $1.5 billion by 2024 to reduce plastic pollution and increase recycling efforts. [3] [4] In September 2020 the group reported having spent US$400 million on projects in Southeast Asia, Africa and India. [5]

The group has been criticized for promoting a reduction of plastic waste rather than a reduction in plastic production. [6] Moreover, the 5-year recycling target of 15 million tonnes is only 0.8% of the 1.8 billion tonnes of plastic waste production, and the actual recycling of plastic waste during 2019-2021 was only 4 thousand tonnes, compared to the 3-year target of 9 million tonnes. [7]

The group has been widely criticized as a greenwashing initiative that has not met ambitious goals for plastic cleanup, and using its power to prevent regulation of plastics. [8] [7] [6]

Membership and collaboration

Founding members include BASF, Chevron Phillips Chemical, ExxonMobil, Dow Chemical, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings, Procter & Gamble, and Shell. [9]

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has many members, including some of the world's largest companies in the chemical, plastic, consumer goods, and waste management sectors.[ citation needed ]

The AEPW works with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development as a strategic partner and the United Nations Environment Program. [10]

Jacob Duer serves as president and CEO of AEPW. [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sharma, Joe Brock, John Geddie, Saurabh (18 January 2021). "Big Oil's flagship plastic waste project sinks on the Ganges". Reuters.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Taylor, Brian (5 August 2024). "Alliance to End Plastic Waste cites 'significant progress' in 2023". Recycling Today. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Plastic Industry Is Growing During COVID. Recycling? Not So Much". FRONTLINE.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Recycling Industry Is Struggling To Figure Out A Future Without China". NPR.org.
  5. ↑ Osborne, James (30 October 2020). "U.S. contribution to plastic waste crisis larger than previously understood". Houston Chronicle.
  6. 1 2 "'It's a pipe dream': Green groups blast plastic makers' recycling push". www.msn.com.
  7. 1 2 "Alliance to End Plastic Waste: Barely Credible" (PDF). planet-tracker.org/. August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Inside Big Plastic's Faltering $1.5 Billion Global Cleanup Effort". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  9. ↑ "About". Alliance To End Plastic Waste. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Alliance to End Plastic Waste targets plastic in the environment". Recycling Today.
  11. ↑ Walker, Tom (23 August 2019). "Alliance to End Plastic Waste appoints Jacob Duer as President and CEO". Interplas Insights. Retrieved 5 December 2025.


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