A $14.5 million USD, a multiyear public-private partnership was launched today at the UN General Assembly with Host Consortium members International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Aspen Institute, The Ocean Foundation, and Searious Business. This programme is generously supported by the United States Department of State, and aims to build strong, multi-stakeholder cooperation partnerships to end plastic pollution globally.

In response to the call from the INC secretariat to submit written statements following INC-2, Searious Business issued the following statement:

The talks must not be distracted into dealing with plastic pollution through a panacea of waste management. Cleaning up, collecting plastic waste, recycling it or using it for energy must be a last resort. Production needs to be capped, and reduction methods must be prioritised over increased circularity.