Envision Plastics Commits to Removing 10 Million Pounds of Plastic at Risk of Polluting Our Oceans Using Qualified Sourcing Partners
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Historically, efforts to protect oceans from plastic have focused on removing the material after it has reached a beach or entered a waterway, but these efforts have failed to collect meaningful volumes. Envisions OceanBound Plastic leverages the capabilities of Envisions global supply chain and manufacturing expertise to solve this problem and deliver a resin fit for most HDPE plastic applications. Mark Shafer, General Manager of Envision Plastics stated, We cannot solve this problem alone; we invite you to join us in this great undertaking by incorporating Envisions OceanBound Plastic into your products. Envisions 16-year history of product innovation, commercialization and technical expertise provides a platform for creating sustainable, reliable resins that meet the performance needs of our customers and meaningfully engage end consumers.
Since partnering with Method in 2011, Envision has worked tirelessly to better understand how it can help maximize the use of post-consumer resin in a manner that benefits the environment and supports the needs of Envisions customers. Envision is partnering with local communities in at-risk areas around the world to recover the plastic before it enters the ocean. Envision has created a comprehensive guide to help communities implement a robust, mutually beneficial process to collect and ship this material to Envision processing facilities. These guidelines focus on ensuring everyone benefits from the process, including Envision customers and ultimately the local communities. Living so close to shore the ocean is a place I love. Sadly my communitys discarded plastic is at high risk of entering and polluting the ocean. Before partnering with Envision Plastics, recycling and shipping this material was not profitable. Now we have the tools in place to make a difference in our community and in the lives of people who ultimately buy the products using our repurposed plastic, said one of Envisions suppliers.
Envisions OceanBound Plastic can be used in many of the same rigid plastic packaging applications as traditional post-consumer resin, with the added benefit that using material collected from at-risk areas helps economically disadvantaged communities and eliminates that plastic from reaching beaches and waterways. Part of Methods mission is to leave the planet better than we found it, said Ryan Williams, Senior Director of Sustainability at Method. No one can fix the ocean plastic problem single handedly. Our partnership with Envision pushes boundaries, educating consumers about the benefits of repurposed plastic packaging and the dangers ocean plastic poses to marine life. OceanBound Plastic is a fully traceable, versatile resin that can be further processed into natural and mixed color as well as the many proprietary products Envision offers including PRISMA and Deodorized Resin.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
14.1.1
(a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.2.1
Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas
14.3
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
14.3.1
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
14.4.1
14.5
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.5.1
14.6
By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation
14.6.1
Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
14.7
By 2030, increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.7.1
Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries
14.a
Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
14.a.1
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
14.b.1
Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries
14.c
Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want"
14.c.1
Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
SDG 14 targets covered
| Name | Description |
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| 14.1 | By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution |
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Richard Sehring, Chief Financial Officer