Certifying products that help keep plastic waste out of oceans
To combat the dumping of plastic into the ocean, two bodies — Control Union and Zero Plastic Oceans — have come up with the world’s first third party-verified label, known as the Ocean Bound Plastic (OPB) Certification to certify goods made out of plastic that was destined to be otherwise dumped into the ocean.
In a joint press release, ZPO, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) which focuses on creating mechanisms and incentives to clean out OBP, and Control Union, which has been operating for 100 years in logistics, quality, certifications and risk management, said the new environmental label focuses on capturing OBP before it becomes ocean plastic pollution. Read More