Covestro, a global leader in polymers, joined hands with United Way Mumbai's 'Mission Mangrove', an initiative to restore the city’s distinctive mangrove cover, and part of Covestro’s own commitment to the ‘Clean4Change’ movement, to organize a ‘Plastic Waste Collection Drive’ on 12th September, 2022.

Covestro’s commitment to cleaning plastic from the mangroves and its efforts towards Clean4Change is part of its larger commitment to sustainability and a circular economy.

Covestro is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), a collective effort by global leaders across the plastics value chain to facilitate plastic clean-up efforts, as well as inspire people to explore and deliberate the most effective interventions to incorporate it into a circular economy. The company strongly believes that plastic waste is also a resource and strives to innovate waste-to-value concepts into economically viable and sustainable solutions.

Covestro is also supporting AEPW’s All Together Global Cleanup campaign, a global initiative to remove litter from the environment, one piece at a time, on World Cleanup Day 2022

Kavita Desai, Head - Corporate Communications and CSR, Covestro (India) Pvt. Ltd. said, “Covestro continues to collaborate and invest itself in global movements such as Clean4Change because we inherently believe that sensitization and awareness can help in our efforts to craft a better tomorrow. It is important to gather local residents and work alongside them - reaffirming our commitment to what we stand for through practical and tangible work. Covestro will continue to do that, not just for World Cleanup Day, but for every single day.”

Clean4Change is a global movement initiated last year by AEPW to manage plastic waste through clean-up initiatives. Clean4Change has engaged with diverse audiences around the world, motivated them to pick up litter and clean up their surroundings. The movement has already been instrumental in picking up over 1.5 million pieces of litter.