说废话 企业的剧本 — 关于应对塑料危机的虚假解决方案

The report argues that the plastic industry employs a 'playbook' of distraction, delay, and diversion to protect profits while appearing to address the plastic crisis. It analyzes the voluntary commitments of ten major polluters, finding them largely lacking in transparency and accountability. The document highlights how companies use trade associations and fake environmental groups to lobby against mandatory collection and reuse laws, even while publicly supporting some initiatives. It concludes that voluntary actions have failed and calls for mandatory legislation, including deposit return systems and taxes on virgin plastics.

• The plastic industry uses a three-part strategy—distraction, delay, and diversion—to hinder legislative progress. Distraction involves shifting blame to consumers or promoting superficial solutions like beach clean-ups and chemical recycling. Delay involves lobbying to postpone laws or claiming voluntary measures make mandatory ones unnecessary. Diversion involves influencing policy through trade associations and fake environmental groups to create loopholes or exemptions.
• An analysis of ten major plastic polluters—including Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Unilever—reveals that their voluntary commitments are often 'empty promises' lacking third-party verification and accountability. For example, Coca-Cola failed to meet a 1990 goal of 25% recycled PET (rPET) in its bottles, with content remaining at 10% thirty years later.
• Industry-led collective initiatives, such as the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, often serve as a facade of sustainability. While the Alliance's members pledged $1.5 billion, they invested $186 billion in new petrochemical facilities between 2010 and 2017. Similarly, the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment lacks enforcement mechanisms for signatories who fail to meet targets.

APA

Tangpuori, A. D., Harding-Rolls, G., Urbancic, N., & Zallio, X. P. B. (2020). 说废话 企业的剧本 — 关于应对塑料危机的虚假解决方案. Changing Markets Foundation. https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TalkingTrash-Chinese-ExecSum.pdf

Chicago

Tangpuori, Alice Delemare, George Harding-Rolls, Nusa Urbancic, and Ximena Purita Banegas Zallio. 说废话 企业的剧本 — 关于应对塑料危机的虚假解决方案. Changing Markets Foundation, 2020. https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TalkingTrash-Chinese-ExecSum.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{tangpuori2020, author = {Tangpuori, Alice Delemare and Harding-Rolls, George and Urbancic, Nusa and Zallio, Ximena Purita Banegas}, title = {{说废话 企业的剧本 — 关于应对塑料危机的虚假解决方案}}, institution = {Changing Markets Foundation}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://changingmarkets.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TalkingTrash-Chinese-ExecSum.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }