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With only 9% of global plastic waste being recycled, managing waste once it's generated is not nearly enough. How can we scale waste prevention solutions focused on reuse? This session convenes leading stakeholders and voices for change, calling for urgent action and embedding reuse as

The UN Environment Programme, WWF and the World Economic Forum call for accelerating multi-stakeholder collaboration, announcing the joint launch in 2022 of a one-stop-shop Reuse Portal. A global collaboration platform engaging innovators, businesses, policymakers, activists, experts, consumers and citizens to build the tools and networks for shifting from single-use to reuse.

The event took place on the 28 of February 2022.

The recording of the event is available after clicking on the visual below. 

Recording of Reuse Solutions to Beat Plastic Pollution

Session Structure: Reuse Solutions to Beat Plastic Pollution  

  1. Welcome: Marco Lambertini, Director General, WWF  
  2. Introduction by moderator: Lauren Phipps, Vice President & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy, GreenBiz Group  
  3. Teaser video about the Reuse Portal  
  4. Setting the scene
  • Marco Lambertini, Director General, WWF
  • Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum  

Interactive poll  

  1. Panel A – Inspiring change  
  • Panel facilitation: Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO, TerraCycle/Loop 
    • Tiza Mafira, Executive Director, Plastic Bag Diet Movement Indonesia
    • Kirils Jegorovs, Co-Founder, Circolution 
    • Joshua Amponsem, Founder, Green Africa Youth Organization  

Moderated discussion & interactive poll  

  1. Panel B – Shifting the system  
  • Panel facilitation: Kirsten Barnes, Project Lead, South African Plastics Pact
    • Sylvie Lemmet, Ambassador for the Environment, France
    • Mark Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé
    • H.E. Mr Javier Naranjo, Minister of Environment, Chile
    • Abigail Aguilar, Campaign Strategist, Greenpeace  

Moderated discussion & interactive poll  

  1. Closing remarks: Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme  
  2. Conclusions and next steps  

 Find here short bios of all speakers. 

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