It’s in the cars we drive, the technology we use, and the clothes we wear. Plastic is simply everywhere we look. It’s the material that radically changed society and has made modern life possible, in many ways.
But have you ever stopped and wondered: where does plastic come from? If yes, then read on, because you are about to find out!
Read MoreClear PET plastic is the most widely recycled plastic in the world. This is for good reason, the polymer chains break down at a lower temperature, so the chain isn’t degraded during the recycling process. Recently, GA circular released a report showing companies that make a PET bottle coloured instead of clear reduces its value in the South-east Asian recycling market by $84 a tonne. The report provides a blueprint for PET plastic to be part of the circular economy, encouraging the recycling of this valuable material.
Read MoreBlack plastic does not reflect light so cannot be sorted by the scanners. Some citizens have stopped putting black plastic in recycling bins, while some restaurants have stopped using black plastic in packaging.
Read MorePlastics For Change and The Body Shop announced a global partnership to launch the first fairly traded recycled plastic. Plastics For Change is certified under the World Fair Trade Organization, the certification announcement coincides in with World Fair Trade Day.
Read MoreTo mitigate the ocean plastic crisis we must move towards proper waste management. Every lever should work effectively from reduction to reuse to innovation. When the core elements of waste management are met, a huge leap towards a clean ocean will be made and human life will be improved in the process.
Read MoreHere are the top six factors inhibiting the circular economy in developing regions. We’ve compiled these factors from listening to the members of the informal recycling economy. After all, in developing countries 80-90 percent of the recycling activities are informal.
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