Alliance to End Plastic Waste

Related solutions

• Organization

  GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)

  Network of grassroots groups building zero waste cities and fair work for waste pickers, as an alternative to burning plastic.

  Collection and recyclingPolicy and advocacyReduce
• Research

  An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

  Tournier, V. et al. | Nature | 2020

  An engineered enzyme depolymerized 90 percent of PET in about 10 hours, and the recovered building blocks were made into new bottles. The science behind Carbios.

  Collection and recyclingResearch and science
• Technology

  Deposit return systems and reverse vending

  Proven at national scale

  A small refundable deposit on drink containers, collected back through machines or shops, routinely returns more than 90 percent of bottles and cans.

  Collection and recyclingPolicy and advocacy
• Technology

  Recycling ships at sea: the SeeElefant

  In development; first ship planned for 2027

  A converted freighter with sorting, shredding and recycling systems on board that can anchor at plastic hotspots with no recycling capacity and process about 60,000 tonnes a year.

  Collection and recyclingRiver and ocean interception