Siegwerk Joins Initiative to Fight Plastic Pollution in Indonesia
SIEGBURG, Germany - Siegwerk, a provider of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has become a strategic partner of Project STOP, an initiative, co-founded by Borealis and SYSTEMIQ, that designs, implements and scales circular-economy solutions to marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. Since its launch in 2017, Project STOP has welcomed various industrial and governmental partners designing, implementing and scaling circular economy solutions to prevent plastic waste pollution. Siegwerk is now joining this network of system-relevant players that are committed to support the establishment of on-the-ground solutions in Indonesia.
Every year, roughly 12 million tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean, impacting community health, wealth and polluting the environment. An estimated 50% of marine debris originates from just five Asian economies: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. With an annual consumption of more than six million tons of plastic and an estimated ocean leakage of one million tons per year, Indonesia is the second-largest contributor to ocean plastics. In response, the Indonesian government has created a Marine Debris Action Plan in 2017, committing itself to reduce Indonesia’s ocean plastic levels 70% by 2025. Project STOP has four core objectives: zero leakage of waste into the environment; creating more circular systems; achieving economic sustainability; and providing benefits to local community by creating new jobs and reducing the impact of mismanaged waste on public health, tourism and fishers.