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Overview Carbon Water Waste Ecosystems Appendix 53 Enabling systems change Collaborating on innovation Catalyzing We kickstarted an Ellen MacArthur Foundation network project with Aquafil, BASF, CHEP, Cisco, and Flex to create $30M an alternative circular supply chain packaging solution to Invested $30 million innovation and replace the existing linear plastic-based shrink/stretch in Closed Loop Partners' wrap material used to stabilize and protect products in funds to help build transit. The volume of business-related packaging is a circular economy collective action significant, as are its environmental impacts. Most of the at scale. difficult-to-recycle non-consumer packaging waste is comprised of single-use plastic, contributing to the 6.8 We are focused on new ways to million tons of plastic waste sent to landfill each year. harness the power of technology, Co-innovation in material alternatives and redesigning packaging ecosystems, including the transportation of partnerships, and investments to packaging and improvements in the wider collection, drive impact at scale and pace to sorting, and plastic recycling infrastructure, are urgently needed to reduce this waste stream and progress help the world more effectively towards circular supply chains. transform to a circular economy. Funding innovation Our Climate Innovation Fund combines economic opportunity with benefits to wider society and the environment. We have invested $30 million in Closed Loop Partners΄ funds to accelerate infrastructure, innovation, and business models for supply chain digitization, e-waste collection, food waste reduction, and recycling industry products to build a more circular economy at scale. Creating alternative circular B2B packing solutions.

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