Plastic Industry Action to Reduce Marine Litter & Promote a Circular Economy
Plastics play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and waste. but plastic and other trash in the environment is unacceptable! The plastic industry is helping to solve this global problem.
This presentation will include:
-a review of the sustainability of plastics
-marine litter problems and solutions
-plastics in a circular economy
Biography
Keith Christman is Managing Director of Plastic Markets at the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Plastics Division where he oversees the council’s Marine Debris, Packaging, Building and Construction, Automotive, and other market team advocacy. He is also Chairman of the industry’s Global Action Team leading the implementation of the Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter. As part of the Declaration, over 350 projects addressing marine litter have been implemented since 2011 by over 75 plastic associations in more than 35 countries.
Keith joined ACC in 1991 after earning a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Delaware.
