Shining a light on the designs of Álvaro Catalán de Ocón whose social initiative – PÊT Lamp and Plastic Rivers – are raising awareness around plastic waste and empowering women around the world.
ACdO Weaving a Healthy Future for PET Read More »
Nanoresonance Industries co-founders Athan Bloom and Dr Ekaterina Markelova are exploring how better water holds the key to many of the world’s most pressing problems including reducing the environmental footprint of the polymers industry.
Working With Water Read More »
If the PET polymer industry is to find its way towards a regenerative path it will be life-mimicking organizations that help take it there.
Life-Mimicking Organizations Read More »
Regenerative thinking requires us to look at nesting systems within others to ensure that we restore balance between them. To ensure they are healthy each system should aim to be reciprocal to the others.
The world has signed up to end plastic waste, but how do we realistically achieve this? Which countries are driving changes in the regulatory framework for the industry and how can we all make sense of this rapidly changing space?
Global Plastic Regulations Read More »
Clearly we have a problem with plastic waste but until we can fully understand the systemic issue surrounding the material we will struggle to find a solution – not to our dependence on plastic – but to our interdependence with the material.
Interdependence and the Plastic Paradox Read More »
Social entrepreneur Tristan Lecomte’s pioneering plastic offsetting initiative in Thailand, Second Life, has opened the gates for beach cleanup operations in the countries worst affected by plastic waste.
Giving Plastic a Second Life with a Plastic Offsetting First Read More »
In the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the focus needs to shift to how industry and societies can help regenerate some of the world’s most fragile ecosystems and how PET polymers can do more to support people and the planet.
People, Planet, Place, PET Read More »
PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers starting an important discussion with plastic producers, collectors, recyclers, designers and consumers about a common goal: closing the PET plastic loop.
PET Lamp Closing the Loop on PET Plastic Read More »
The packaging innovations that promise to reduce the industry’s contribution to global warming and clean up the planet.
Top Trends in Sustainable Packaging Read More »