Investor Relations Press & Media Suppliers Orkla's brands Sustainability About Orkla A career at Orkla Contact Orkla.com News We need to collaborate to avoid marine plastic litter We need to collaborate to avoid marine plastic litter On Saturday, 4 May, at a UN conference in Geneva, we shared the experience that Orkla has gained in its effects to reduce plastic waste. 2019-05-06 Ellen Behrens from Orkla together with Christoffer Back Vestli, Norwegian Delegate to the Basel Convention COP14 and Kjell Olav Maldum, CEO of Infinitum Norway has assumed an international leadership role in combating marine plastic litter. Several new initiatives, including a partnership on plastic waste, were presented at meetings held under the Basel Convention (UN Environmental Programme) in Geneva this weekend. “Business and industry are key players in the global market and need to be present in the development of a resource efficient plastic economy, in which wastes are minimized, products are designed to last, reused and recycled,” says Christoffer Back Vestli, Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Environment Agency and Norwegian delegate to the Basel Convention. “Orkla has taken many interesting measures on plastics. Their approach is highly relevant for the new plastic partnership under the Basel Convention,” he adds. Sharing our experience of working to reduce plastic waste Orkla was invited to speak about its efforts to combat plastic waste at a luncheon event in connection with the UN conference: “Plastic is a useful material, but now we really need to make a major effort to prevent plastic from ending up in the environment. If we are to succeed, a concerted effort by business and industry, government authorities and organisations is crucial,” said Ellen Behrens. She shared the experience that Orkla has gained and talked about the Norwegian road map for a circular plastic economy, which is under development and intended to provide general guidelines for how we need to work to comply with the EU’s recommendations on plastics. “Each player can make an important contribution, but we also need innovative thinking when it comes to infrastructure and new research on packaging materials and technology for sorting, washing and recovering waste. We need an overall plan for how these changes are to be made, and that is the point of the road map,” Ellen Behrens explained. The Norwegian government has long worked to establish a global partnership on plastic waste, and this proposal will be considered at the conference. Read more here: https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/basel-convention/id2643569/ “We at Orkla want to engage actively with the rest of the industry and government authorities in finding solutions, and we are already active in a number of areas, both through the Norwegian road map, and in the Circular Plastics Alliance. We will follow the progress of the plans for the new partnership on plastic waste,” says Ellen Behrens. Share print Created with Sketch. Contacts Ellen Behrens Sustainability Director +47 92 80 45 80 ellen.behrens@orkla.no logo-without-payoff Created with Sketch. About Orkla Contact Personal privacy Disclaimer About the use of cookies and personal data Our website places information capsules (cookies) on your device if you have consented to the storage of cookies in your browser settings. Information capsules are used to improve the website, for analysis purposes and for interest-based advertising. Read more about Orkla’s treatment of personal data, including right of access. © 2021 Orkla. All rights reserved We use cookies on our website to optimise your browsing experience. If you have accepted the settings in your web browser, we will use the cookie information to analyse how our visitors use our website and select advertising based on their interests. You can read more about our use of cookies by clicking on "Cookie settings" below about how to delete or block cookies. Accept All Cookies Cookies Settings