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The fight against plastic pollution calls for a wide-ranging approach.
After over two years of battling the global pandemic, the plastics industry continues to face significant worldwide challenges.
As the world moves towards a greener agenda, it’s no surprise that goods and materials manufacturers are starting to shift production methods.
Anti-plastic rhetoric has grown increasingly rampant over the past few years. Some argue that the solution to plastic waste is to simply ban all plastic, full stop. However, it is important to step back and ask if that approach truly takes us in the right direction - and if it is realistic. By Cassie Bradley
Waste crime continues to be a pressing issue for businesses operating in the materials handling and logistics industry – the plastics industry in particular.
3.4 billion disposable face masks were discarded each day at the start of 2021, according to a study by Benson, Bassey and Palanisami. While a proven safety measure for protecting public health, we must address the environmental impact of facial coverings.
Prompted by a visit to the Plastics Recyling Show Europe in Amsterdam in November, Willemijn Peeters, CEO Searious Business recently wrote this op-ed for Sustainable Plastics.
Way2K is a series of interviews in the lead-up to K2022. Here, Peter von Hoffmann, General Manager Business Unit Engineering Plastics Applications at Coperion, talks about ‘closing the loop’.
There’s a steadily growing demand for more environmentally friendly products. Politicians are also calling for much higher quotas for the use of recycled material.
The introduction of the new UK Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force on 1 April 2022, following the 10 May 2021 guidance on how businesses that manufacture or import packaging to the UK must proceed.
By now, we are all familiar with the controversy and challenges surrounding the usage of hydrocarbon-based plastics, which have fallen from wonder materials to world-polluting menaces in the span of 100 years.
Factories have been the heart of industry for centuries, dating back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution.
The pandemic has undoubtedly caused world-wide disruption in every sector, one of which is the Circular Economy where numerous sustainability initiatives have slowed down or ground to a halt. One area that has expanded, however, is Polypropylene (PP) single-use containers as global take-away food demand has soared.
The circular economy is a term that is increasingly being rolled out by organisations around the world to define how they are taking everything from climate change to waste management seriously. We are, however, way past the point of bold statements and definitions. Transformational actions are urgently needed.