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Kimberly-Clark Joins U.S. Plastics Pact, Commits To Meet Ambitious Circular Economy Goals By 2025
NEENAH, Wis., Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark today announced it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEENAH, Wis., Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark today announced it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative rooted in four ambitious goals intended to drive significant systems change by unifying diverse cross-sector approaches, setting a national strategy, and creating scalable solutions to create a path forward toward a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025. The first North American Pact of its kind, the U.S. Pact is a collaboration led by The Recycling Partnership, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Ellen MacArthur Foundation.\nAs part of the U.S. Plastics Pact, Kimberly-Clark and its trusted brands including Kleenex®, Cottonelle® and Huggies® join more than 70 brands, retailers, NGOs, and government agencies across the plastics value chain working to bring one voice to U.S. packaging through coordinated initiatives and innovative solutions for rethinking products, packaging, and business models. \n\"We aspire to be at the forefront of the transition to a circular, reuse economy and finding new ways of giving consumers the products they need,\" said Kim Underhill, President of Kimberly-Clark's North American Consumer Business. \"We realize getting there will take game-changing innovation, and we know we're up to the challenge to do more by joining the U.S. Plastics Pact.\" \nAs a founding Activator of the U.S. Plastics Pact, Kimberly-Clark has agreed to collectively deliver against these four ambitious goals across its U.S. business, in alignment with the company's 2030 strategy and goals.\nBy 2021, define a list of packaging to be designated as problematic or unnecessary and take measures to eliminate them by 2025. By 2025, ensure all plastic packaging is 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable. By 2025, undertake ambitious actions to effectively recycle or compost 50% of plastic packaging. By 2025, the average recycled content or responsibly sourced bio-based content in plastic packaging will be 30%. While the U.S. Plastics Pact is complementary to, and follows the ambitious precedents set by the existing global network of Plastic Pacts, it will be tailored to meet the unique needs and challenges of the U.S. market. The Pact will reflect national priorities and realities, while still propelling the nation closer to other developed nations in its management ...