According to the Pew Charitable Trust, each year approximately 11 million metric tons of plastic pollution enters the earth’s oceans, with consumer take-out items-mainly plastic bags and wrappers, food containers, cutlery and bottles-making up the largest share across marine environments.īy supporting nearly one million restaurants worldwide, Uber Eats is uniquely positioned to make a difference. The challenge is massive: new plastic packaging pollution entering the oceans is expected to triple by 2040. We know we can’t do this alone–we’ll lean on the expert advice of the World Wildlife Fund and Closed Loop Partners to guide our efforts. What’s more, we believe we can hit earlier milestones in Asia-Pacific and European cities as soon as 2025, where we’ll partner with local stakeholders to support policies-such as the sustainable packaging charter we’ve signed in France-that promote a fair shift to responsible food packaging for delivery. To address single-use plastic waste and its effects on the environment, we’ll help restaurants transition to more sustainable packaging in every city where we do business by 2030 through a combination of discounts, incentives, and advocacy. We’ll work with RMI to better understand and adapt our current electrification work on mobility for deliveries while also broadening the scope of our efforts as active members of the Shared Mobility 2030 Action Agenda, WEF’s Global New Mobility Coalition, Cycling Industries Europe, and the Zero Emission Transportation Association. In Europe and around the world, we’ll invest in partnerships and incentives to help couriers transition to e-bikes, EVs and other emission-free modes. We’re setting earlier emission targets in European cities, where progressive policies such as the EU’s Green Deal and France’s Climate Bill will facilitate efforts to make all deliveries by couriers using the Uber Eats platform emission-free by 2030. In the same way we’re leading the ride-hailing industry on the road to zero emissions, we aim to be the first global delivery tech platform to support the transition to more sustainable packaging-not just for Uber Eats merchants, but for the broader restaurant delivery ecosystem.Īs is the case with mobility, supportive policies are key to fulfilling our commitments. With more than 890,000 merchants in 30+ countries, alongside millions of couriers and drivers, we have a unique opportunity to help deliver a greener future. Today, we are expanding our commitment to include our Delivery business, with goals to eliminate emissions on all Uber Eats deliveries globally by 2040, and end all unnecessary plastic waste from deliveries by 2030. That’s why in 2020 we announced commitments to make Uber an emission-free mobility platform by 2040 globally, with 100% of rides taking place in zero-emission vehicles, on public transit, or with micromobility like bikes or scooters. Uber believes in doing our part to create a clean future for the planet.
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