The Roadmap is a guide for businesses and others to know what actions need to be taken, by when, and outlines some of the key challenges that will need to be overcome.
It has been designed by WRAP as a living document that will evolve over time, reflecting changes in policy and innovations.
Marcus Gover, Chief Executive of WRAP explained: “We have sixty-eight of the UK’s largest businesses and organisations committed to the UK Plastics Pact from retail and brands, manufacturers and hospitality, to the plastic supply sector, recycling and resource management.
“I’m very impressed with progress made in the first six months since we launched the Pact. This is proving to be a powerful and motivated group. The Roadmap is a real opportunity for them to forge ahead and make change happen at scale, and in significant ways.
“But these targets cannot be delivered by business action alone. It needs policy intervention as well as consumers to play a part. Factors like Extended Producer Responsibility are going to have a profound influence on momentum, and effecting change in areas such as collections, recycling and reprocessing.”
The actions relate to a series of milestones aligned with the targets of The UK Plastics Pact, a programme to tackle the issue of plastic waste through collaboration across the entire supply chain.
Many foodservice providers and suppliers have signed up to the pact, including Brakes, Apetito, UKHospitality and Premier Foods.
The Roadmap also includes commentary on the complementary roles of Government and citizens to ‘ensure’ the UK moves towards a circular economy for plastics.
The UK Plastics Pact Roadmap to 2025 provides a framework for all businesses, including members, to deliver the targets.