The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has its European headquarters in London, where all threads come together and the decisions of the members are translated into strategies and procedures. The alliance pursues its goals in close cooperation with strategic partners such as the World Economic Council for Sustainable Development (WECSD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The focus on entrepreneurial and institutionalised interests makes the seriousness of the situation clear; long-term and lasting solutions require commitment, energy and a great deal of monetary support. The alliance has paid particular attention to combating the pollution of the world’s oceans with plastic waste, much of which is washed into the oceans via tributaries. It aims to interrupt this flow of waste sustainably. For example, it supports projects such as “Renew Ganges”, which is dedicated to freeing the 2,600 km long Ganges, a river that is highly polluted with waste water and other emissions, from pollutants. The Ganges flows through the vast plain south of the Himalayas, one of the most densely populated regions. In Indonesia, the world’s largest island state and fourthmost populous country with 264 million inhabitants, the alliance is supporting the development of an infrastructure for waste collection and recycling.
