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By 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish. 100,000 marine mammals and turtles, as well as 1 million sea birds are killed by marine plastic pollution annually. 8 million tons of plastic enter our oceans every year. Single-use plastics account for 50% of the plastic produced every year. Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years. 40% of the plastic produced is packaging which is discarded after being used once. The Pew Report makes it clear that ta...

Friday, 12 March 2021 16:43 Travel Retail Sustainability Week, the industry’s first virtual event dedicated completely to sustainability, runs from 19-23 April. A special webinar focusing on developments in sustainable packaging and single-use plastic alternatives will be held during Travel Retail Sustainability Week (19-23 April). The ‘Wrap it up’ session will take place on Tuesday 20 April between 14:00 – 15:30 (GMT) and promises to be a revealing and in-depth inspection of eco-f...

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, the industry's $1.5 billion effort to make a dent on ocean pollution, doesn't see much cause for optimism about tackling the problem anytime soon."When you look at the plastics waste situation globally today, the picture is bad and it's getting worse," said Justin…

The Circular Business Models Behind Indonesia’s Reuse Revolution Waste banks are a cornerstone of Indonesia’s waste reduction efforts. Seeking to prevent plastic waste from getting burned or choking waterways, communities establish these places for people to bring plastic waste to be recycled. It only took a few months to see tangible results at the Bumi Daya Bersih waste bank in West Jakarta. In addition to collecting and sorting waste, the waste bank community is also contributing to wast...

GreenBiz photocollage via Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic, economic decline, inequality and race relations, and climate change have collectively moved the growing plastic waste crisis out of the priority inbox. To a degree, this is the inevitable consequence of limited political bandwidth to address multiple crises. Beyond the political realm, there are deep fault lines in how businesses, governments and non-government organizations have conceptualized and organized plastic waste solutions. ...

The PEW Trusts’ Breaking the Plastic Wave, highlights an uncomfortable truth: even our most updated recycling commitments are inadequate for the scale of the challenge we face if we are to avoid drowning our oceans in plastic and overheating our planet. The report estimates that by 2040, 29 million metric tons of plastic per year will have entered the oceans. That’s the equivalent to 50 kg/110+ pounds of plastic per meter of coastline worldwide. Because plastic remains in the ocean for hu...

Who Pays the Bill for Plastic Waste? China’s 2018 National Sword Policy ended the country’s role as the recycling bin for the world’s post-consumer plastic scrap and threw global recycling markets into disarray. Reeling on the other side of the globe, American cities were forced to store, incinerate, or throw collected recyclables into landfills. Faced with a rapidly diminishing landfill capacity, China is consolidating and formalizing its domestic recycling industry, an expensive and dau...