Eight to thirteen million tonnes of plastics enter our oceans every year- half of which comes from Southeast Asia. Economic growth in these countries has increased consumption of plastics beyond the capacity of local waste management systems.
Launched in 2017 by SYSTEMIQ and Borealis, Project STOP partners with industry including Nestle, Nova Chemicals, Borouge, Schwartz Group, Veolia, SWI, as well as the governments of Indonesia and Norway to build effective and more circular waste management systems that end leakage of plastics into the environment, increase resource efficiency and provide benefits for local communities.