Plasticity Pacific Leaving No Footprint Behind
Plastics continue to have a serious cumulative impact on the global environment especially on marine ecosystems and their inhabitant species. Plasticity Pacific has been working on providing a viable solution by applying a business approach.
Friday 22 March 2019 | 09:00
Local, regional and international delegates who attended the Plasticity Forum, at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva recently.
More than 120 local, regional and international delegates attended last week’s Plasticity Pacific, all convening to focus on the topic of turning second life plastic into value.
The Plasticity Forum was held at the Grand Pacific Hotel.
Plastics continue to have a serious cumulative impact on the global environment especially on marine ecosystems and their inhabitant species. Plasticity Pacific has been working on providing a viable solution by applying a business approach.
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It identified innovative business models to create value out of used plastic, and promoted collaboration by bringing together everyone from young entrepreneurs to global corporations, from waste management to recovered plastic manufacturers, from government to global and regional agencies, and from pragmatists to artists.
A truly diverse and cosmopolitan mix of stakeholders attended the forum.
The forum started with a field trip to fully understand the existing infrastructure and issues, involved then the full day intensive conference, culminating in two workshops on Day 3.
The first workshop took a deep dive into the opportunities, barriers and actions that are needed to create circular economies for plastics (where plastic is used and reused, never harming the environment).
The second workshop brought the regions’ powerhouse donor agencies together to form a collaborative alliance, and in doing so, to better serve the region.
Organisations in attendance included:
ANZ; Anne Prince Consulting; APD Pacific; Asian Development Bank; Basic Industries Pte Ltd; British High Commission; Climate Change and International Cooperation Division; Ministry of Economy; Coca-Cola Amatil Fiji, New Zealand and Australia; Coca-Cola Company Global; Coca-Cola Company Oceania; Commonwealth Clean Oceans Alliance; DAI; Delegation of the European Union for the Pacific; Energías Balanceadas JM; Envorinex; Field Ready; Fiji Dept of Environment; Fijian Government; FIJI Water; GUUN Co., Ltd; Havannah Resort; HP Inc; International Institute for Environment and Development; IUCN; J-PRISM2 (JICA); Le Laundry Pte Ltd; Leleuvia Island Resort; MRA Consulting; Narseys Plastics Industries; Nevhouse; Oceanian Water Treatments; Pacific Islands Development Forum; Pacific Islands Private Sector Organization; Paradise Beverages Ltd; PECO Fiji; Plastic Change Agent; Precious Plastic; PRIF; Samoa Recyclers & Waste Management Association; Sol Bridge Ltd; South Pacific Tourism Organization; SPREP; The Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration; The Plastics Circle; TWM PNG Limited; US Embassy; University of Newcastle; USP; Wonderful; World Bank; World Vision Vanuatu; Yokohama City Government.
Source: Pacific Plasticity
