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Last month, the European Commission (EC) announced its proposed revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) and was met with immediate outrage from the beverage industry.
There is no denying that, due to its near-infinite uses and applications and sheer speed from innovation to manufacturing, the world relies heavily on plastic.
As Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, puts it, our current economy is based on the belief that we can extract resources boundlessly, use them inefficiently, and discard them wantonly, drawing from the planet more than it can regenerate and polluting more than we can clean up.
Plastic - we can and need to do better. Collaboration is the way forward.
Creating an innovative new plastic recycling process that eliminates waste, reduces energy, and enables reuse of both titanium dioxide and polymers in new products.
Net Zero ambition is overtaking the plastics industry, and that is by and large a good thing.
Much has been written about the plastic waste crisis in Asia.
In 2019, a study by the World Health Organisation estimated that the average adult would consume between 300 and 600 microplastics a day.
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.