Joan Marc Simon of Zero Waste Europe sheds light on an uncomfortable truth: recycling, on its own, is not the magic bullet for the global plastic waste crisis. Is the Global Plastics Treaty being set up to fail?
Recycling Alone Won’t End Plastic Waste Read More »
Half way through the complex process of agreeing a global plastics treaty, adaPETation® looks at the pitfalls of getting the world to agree on closing the loop on plastic waste.
The Complicated Path Towards A Global Plastics Treaty Read More »
Plastic has an important role in helping the world achieve the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement and COP27 of arresting global warming by bringing an end to greenhouse gas emissions.
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Moving from a “take-make-waste” economic model to a circular world of infinite abundance, a world free of waste is closer than we think.
A Waste-Free World Read More »
Sir David Attenborough sticks the plastic knife into single use plastics and the world wakes up to the problem. *Portrait of Sir David Attenborough in 1984. Image by Neville Marriner/Daily Mail/Shutterstock. It took two people with a profound relationship with the oceans to wake the world up to our irresponsible behaviour unhealthy relationship with plastic.
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How the Ellen MacArthur Foundation & the New Plastics Economy changed the conversation taking place around plastic waste and packaging. In 2005, the year that Ellen MacArthur broke the world record for sailing non-stop around the world single-handedly, there were 263 million tonnes of plastic being produced each year with less than 10% of that
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AdaPETation talks to Mark Minneboo of Plastic Oceans International about a solutions revolution that’s filling him with optimism and hope for a circular future. It is estimated that more than 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans every year, that’s the equivalent of one garbage truck a second being tipped into the
Riding a Circular Wave! Read More »