Magazine: Plastic Waste Briefing
Can we save our seas? Inside the global battle to turn the tide on the plastic waste epidemic
The latest issue of The Ethical Corporation magazine examines the increasingly urgent global drive to tackle the plastic waste epidemic, which is a profound threat to biodiversity and human health, as well as climate goals.
With just 9% of plastics produced being recycled, we look at the complex challenges that need to be overcome by governments and industry, and the promising technologies and startups that could help deliver recycling solutions at scale.
Key analysis includes:
- Engaging consumers with clearer labelling, deposit return schemes and pay as you throw measures
- How biodiversity and recyclability concerns are putting the brakes on bioplastics
- Why brands are failing to embrace refill solutions, despite consumer demand
- The ‘social plastics’ schemes fighting poverty among the world’s army of waste-pickers
- How Canopy’s Pack4Good initiative is seeking to help forests survive surge in paper-based packaging
- Tire makers feel the heat over microplastics
- The tiny Greek island that is throwing out the concept of waste
- Tetra Pak’s recyclability breakthrough
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Ed
Ed Long
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