New Harmonized Framework released in global collective effort to adopt responsible sourcing practices in the plastics recycling supply chain

Singapore, May 30, 2024 – The Circulate Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to solving the ocean plastic pollution challenge in emerging markets, is calling on global brands, investors, and other value chain actors to respect the rights of informal waste sector workers and waste pickers by adopting a newly released Harmonized Responsible Sourcing Framework for Recycled Plastics. The framework represents the first-ever global effort to establish a unified, actionable set of indicators for buyers of recycled plastics and other organizations to implement responsible supply chain practices. An estimated 20 million informal waste workers1 play a critical role in plastics collection,