Each year millions of tonnes of recycled plastic is imported from the global south to the global north. In fact, 58% of all plastic collected comes from the informal sector in emerging economies, while 50% of all the recycled plastic consumed in packaging happens in Europe.
Here are 6 questions to ask when sourcing plastics from plastic traders!
Following the principles of carbon emission taxes, Extended Producer Responsibility is a concept where manufacturers and importers of products bear a significant degree of responsibility for the environmental impacts of their products throughout the product life-cycle.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the severity and the scale of the plastic pollution crisis. Now with plastic offsetting, businesses have a new way to create a positive impact on the crisis, here’s how.
Recycling is the process of collecting waste materials, transforming them back into raw materials, and processing them into new products. ♻️
The recycling process can happen in three different ways but they all have three steps in common.
The figures above are a clear indicator that we should all stop consuming so much. But, at the same time, increasing the recycled content of the products we buy can help save our natural resources.
Without further ado, here are five reasons why you should buy recycled products:
After six consecutive airplane meals, I arrived at the Bangalore International Airport. I had big plans for this trip to India.165 contributors from 26 different countries had backed the Plastics For Change Indiegogo campaign to help implement an ethical sourcing platform for the plastics supply chain.
Increasing recycling rates in developing countries should be a priority of addressing climate change. According to recycling expert Dr Mike Biddle, for every ton of virgin plastic that is replaced with recycled plastic, it saves 2-3-tons of Co2. Most developing countries have dismal recycling rates of between 2-8%.
