Follow @circulareconomy on Twitter for the latest news, stories and analysis from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy. #circulareconomy

At yesterday's #LondonMarathon, our @NewPlasticsEcon Innovation Prize winners @OohoWater helped replace over 215,000 plastic bottles, with seaweed-based edible capsules. https://t.co/xVDrQExueb

Reusable packaging and switching to concentrates are two ways businesses can reduce their need for single-use packaging, in a way that makes sense for them, their customers and the environment| @NewPlasticsEconomy lead Sander Defruyt speaks to @FastCompany https://t.co/ddujYrG8mq

We need to eliminate the #plastic items we don’t need; innovate so all the plastic we do need is designed to be safely reused, recycled, or composted; and circulate everything we use to keep it in the economy and out of the environment. #GlobalCommitment

“If countries deliver on all that was agreed here and implement the resolutions, we could take a big step towards a new world order where we no longer grow at the expense of nature, but see people and planet thrive together.” | @UNEnvironment’s Acting Exec Director Joyce Msuya.

In our first @NewPlasticsEcon #GlobalCommitment report we call on companies such as take-away food chains, hotels & airlines - industries using significant volumes of single-use plastic - to join this journey towards a #circulareconomy for #plastics https://t.co/BB2AKKZmW2

The decision by more than 30 companies to publicly disclose their annual plastic packaging volumes in the report is an important step towards greater transparency. We encourage all companies that make and use plastics to do the same #GlobalCommitment https://t.co/BB2AKKZmW2

Recycling is crucial, but we cannot recycle our way out of the plastics issues we currently face. Eliminating problematic and unnecessary plastic packaging through redesign, innovation, and new delivery models is a priority. Read our full report at https://t.co/BB2AKKZmW2

In October we launched the @NewPlasticsEcon #GlobalCommitment calling for businesses & governments to eliminate the plastic we don't need and innovate, so what we do need is circulated and never becomes pollution. See our first progress report here https://t.co/Cdm7S9J5lr

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French Plastics Pact members will establish a list of problematic or unnecessary packaging. The Pact states that "landfilling, incineration and energy recovery of waste are not part of the objectives of the #circulareconomy. Via @Le_Figaro https://t.co/s9TAMjiGA5

France has joined our growing network of Plastics Pacts - committed to creating a #circulareconomy for plastic. The pact has brought together brands, businesses, NGOs and policymakers.

Tous les signataires du #PactePlastiques souscrivent à une vision commune de l’#EconomieCirculaire dans laquelle le #plastique, aujourd’hui source de #pollution majeure, ne devient jamais un déchet Découvrez quelques-unes des mesures concrètes de ce Pacte ⤵ #entronsdanslaboucle

Find out how businesses and policymakers in France are coming together to address #plasticpollution through a new Plastics Pact.

The French National Pact launches today, the latest in an international network of Plastics Pact initiatives working to create a #circulareconomy for #plastic

As part of the #GlobalCommitment, governments have committed to supporting a #circulareconomy for #plastic. The UK is looking at how extended producer responsibility can encourage the design of products that can be re-used or dismantled & recycled https://t.co/EOO7NkA180

More than half of #GreenhouseGasEmissions are related to materials management activities. The extraction & use of #RawMaterials is more polluting than #recycled materials. Tune into today's #GreenTalksLive & learn about materials use projections to 2060 👉 https://t.co/imw5VcmmGK

In October, the UK Government signed the Global Commitment, pledging to work towards a #circulareconomy for #plastic. We must eliminate the plastic we don’t need, and innovate, so what we do need can be circulated in the economy and kept out of the environment. #lineinthesand

“The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment is a positive step in the right direction to help ensure we eliminate unnecessary single-use plastic and any remaining plastic we create is reusable or recyclable.” Lyndsey Dodds, head of UK marine policy at @WWF https://t.co/MX5NLS9jBk

People are coming together to demand change, altering how they shop, eat & live. Millions of dollars are being invested in cleaning up our oceans. But this vital work will be in vain if ever more plastic leaks into the environment, is landfilled or burned https://t.co/N3oxz8OpLz