SA cutting back on single-use plastics | Cape Argus
South Africa is making significant strides in the reduction of single-use plastics; more people are recycling their plastics.
Source: www.iol.co.za
South Africa is making significant strides in the reduction of single-use plastics; more people are recycling their plastics.
Source: www.iol.co.za
FIJI Water has announced a new commitment to sustainability. The company disclosed that they would make all plastic bottles from 100% recycled plastic.
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In the report released here in collaboration with the UN-E-Waste Coalition, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said the value of electronic waste produced every year is a staggering USD 62 billion already, which is worth three times the total silver production…
An additional £3.3 million, generated by the use of the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive Compliance Fee in 2018, will be spent on projects that will support higher levels of reuse and recycling of waste electrical and electronic … Continue reading →…
Plastics have enjoyed exceptional growth in production for decades and are used extensively across a multitude of sectors including packaging, construction, electronics, automotive and agriculture. Prompted by concerns over plastic waste generation and impacts on terrestrial and marine ecosystems, in 2018 the European Commission published a strategy on plastics which was followed by legislative actions such as ban of certain single-use plastic items. In 2019 out of about 29 million tonnes of plastic collected in the EU the majority (68%) was either incinerated for energy recovery or ended up in landfills. There has been a debate for some time about whether the concept of chemical recycling can be among the solutions for managing plastic waste. Chemical recycling technologies have not yet reached the market at scale although recently there have been several announcements for the development of new plastic recycling plans in Europe and abroad. Objective of this event will be to bring together stakeholders from the plastics value chain to discuss whether and under what conditions chemical recycling technologiesaviercould make a contribution to the EU’s circularity and decarbonisation objectives.
As several US cities enact their own bans on plastic straws, McDonald’s is trying to stay ahead of the curve by finding an alternative. The announcement comes amid calls from activists urging McDonald’s and other food conglomerates to ditch plastic straws.