The Recycling Debate
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The UK plastics industry is highly motivated by the challenge to recycle more and proposed in 2009 to double the rate of plastic packaging recycling (from 24% in 2007) by the year 2020.
What can be done about marine litter?
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It is becoming increasingly clear that our maritime environment is under considerable pressure from the activities of man – be it overfishing, mineral exploitation, pollution and littering. Left unresolved, this situation will only get worse as the human population continues to expand and demand ever increasing resources, some of which find their way back into the Earth’s seas and oceans in the former of litter.
Do bio plastics represent the solution for the future?
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Like it or not we live in a world in which we currently consume more than the planet can sustain. There is a mindset that encourages us to dispose of what we have and move on to the next. As such it represents a powerful challenge if global society is to move forward in a sustainable way, whilst recognising that resources are limited.
Why can’t all plastics degrade?
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Will so called bio-plastics enable mankind to have all of the benefits of plastics with less of the issues for the environment?
