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Coca-Cola, Walmart and other big multinationals pledged on Thursday (20 September) to help reduce plastic pollution in the world\u2019s oceans in support of a campaign by five of the G7 industrialised nations.<\/p>\n
Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Italy, along with the European Union, signed the Ocean Plastics Charter at a leaders\u2019 summit in Canada\u2019s Charlevoix region in June.<\/p>\n
The United States and Japan abstained but non-G7 nations Norway and Jamaica are also backing the plan to ensure 100% of plastics are recyclable by 2030.<\/p>\n
The nations aim to develop more viable alternatives to plastic packaging, to work towards a goal of all plastics being recycled and reused by 2040.<\/p>\n
On the second day of a G7 ministerial meeting in Canada\u2019s Atlantic port city of Halifax, Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced \u201ca new partnership with businesses\u201d to reduce plastics waste.<\/p>\n
Backers include Loblaws, Walmart, Nestl\u00e9 Canada, IKEA, Dow Chemicals, the Coca-Cola Company, BASF Canada and A&W Canada.<\/p>\n
Unilever also announced that it was launching a non-profit entity to reduce consumer and business waste, while Volvo upped its target to make 25% of the plastics in its cars recyclable by 2025.<\/p>\n
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