“We’ve seen albatrosses come back with their belly full of food for their young. You think it’s going to be squid, but it’s plastic”
Sir David Attenborough
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The Packaging of the Future
Sustainable food packaging solutions coming soon to reduce plastic from your meals 174 million tons of plastic packaging is produced each year, and only a fifth of it is recycled. Single use plastic packaging and containers protect food whilst it’s being transported and extend shelf life with added antioxidants or vacuum-sealing. The issue is that…
Plastic Milk Bottles
Are they out of the LOOP? A new scheme to reduce plastic waste from your grocery shop is due to roll out across the United Kingdom next month. The ambitious new online service- called LOOP (https://loopstore.com/) has already been running in the states and France, and they plan to expand to Canada, Germany and Japan.LOOP…
The History- Plastic Pollution (PART TWO)
SHOES – 1950 All new sneakers are partly or completely plastic, and most heels are made from plastic. They are almost impossible to recycle as the plastic is stitched into other materials in complex ways. An issue with blanket-banning plastic shoes is that vegans among others object to animal products, and natural shoes are made…
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