While recycling can be a tricky process to master, the last decade has seen many countries implement spectacular recycling methods. Read about how a few citizens and governments have worked together to tackle the waste crisis through recycling programs and initiatives.
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.
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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
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.
