In New York, NextWave Plastics has two new member companies – HP Inc. and IKEA – that are joining its consortium of worldwide businesses committed to scaling the use of ocean-bound plastics by developing the first global network of ocean-bound plastics supply chains. The addition of HP and IKEA marks 10 companies collaborating to “turn off the tap” of plastic entering the ocean.
HP and its partners have successfully built a fully functioning ocean-bound plastics supply chain using bottles collected in Haiti. Today, the company announces it has sourced 250 tons of ocean-bound plastics from Haiti – more than 550,000 pounds – and created more than 600 income opportunities for adults in the country. That’s more than 12 million plastic bottles that have not entered the Caribbean Sea and instead are being upcycled into Original HP ink cartridges.
In June 2018, IKEA announced its updated sustainability strategy and new commitments that include removing single-use plastic products across its stores by 2020 and designing all IKEA products with new circular principles by 2030, with the goal to only use renewable and recycled materials.