These Polymer Producers & Banks are the REAL POLLUTERS in the Plastics Crisis

Single-use plastics are the leading cause of the plastics crisis.

Today, single-use plastics account for over a third of plastics produced every year, with 98% manufactured from fossil fuels.

Government policies tend to focus on the companies that sell finished plastic products. 

But little attention has been paid to the businesses at the base of the supply chain that make “polymers” – the building blocks of all plastics.

Top polymer producers (Exxonmobil, Dow and Sinopec), 

top lenders (Barclays, HSBC and Bank of America) 

and the top investors (Vanguard Group, BlackRock and Capital Group) are those companies at the base of this crisis. 

Long story short: if only a few of these companies made positive changes, it would drastically effect the plastic waste crisis.

So, it’s time to hold these companies accountable and let them

know...

WE SEE YOU.

Visit : https://sourceofplasticwaste.org/#demand-change to DEMAND CHANGE

Single-use plastic waste is an entrenched geopolitical problem. We must stop focusing on clean ups & instead demand change from the 20 polymer producers who account for more than half of all single-use plastic waste generated globally. The top 100 producers account for 90% of plastic waste. 

It’s not consumers who are the polluters. 

Major global investors and banks are enabling the single-use plastics crisis. 

There has been a collective industry failure to transition away from fossil-fuel-based feedstocks.

Planned expansion of virgin polymer production capacity threatens to overwhelm hopes of a circular plastics economy.

Please visit https://sourceofplasticwaste.org/#demand-change to support this campaign, tell these companies WE SEE YOU and DEMAND CHANGE.