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ACTION PLAN
Ending the plastic crisis?

The 15 key proposals of the campaign against plastic pollution by the German

Marine Foundation, which unites a movement of European NGOs.

“We must consider the entire plastic cycle”, explained Frank Schwei- who has continued on the European adventure of marine research
kert, founder and director of the German Marine Foundation, during and awareness on board the laboratory vessel Aldebaran for the last
the digital presentation on 24 March at Monaco Ocean Week. The 30 years, leading to the nickname “the German Cousteau”.
German foundation’s team has been working on solutions since June
2018, with the support of around fifteen associations and foundations, From mining raw materials to waste management, from production to
in order to trigger real change. “We will only end the plastic crisis if use, all stages of the plastic chain can incorporate new recommenda-
solutions emerge in civil society”, explained the leader of the initiative, tions. Fifteen would be enough to end the plastic crisis:

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EXTRACTION ODUCT

RESOURCE MANUFACTURE

STRIBUTION
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ND OF USE

USE
Source : www.exit-plastik.de

Formulated by a group of German and international NGOs, these 15 ministries, such as research or industry, as the plastic lobby is very
principles are the guidelines of an action plan which the German Ma- powerful and involves a lot of people!” concluded Frank Schweikert
rine Foundation has agreed to present to members of the German with confidence inspired by one of the founding figures of the Club of
federal government and to international political bodies, playing a role Rome, Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, an expert in maritime policy and law,
as an interdisciplinary moderator. “We received a very positive res- and daughter of the famous German writer.
ponse from the German government, but we must also involve other