Category: Beyond Recycling
The Circular Plastics Alliance takes action to recycle 10 million tonnes of plastics by 2025
The first actions to achieve the target of 10 million tonnes of recycled plastics used in products by 2025 have already been launched. This has been announced by the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA), the initiative launched in 2018 by the European Commission (EC), which brings together 245 public and private participants covering all the plastics…
The role of plastics in the race to achieve SDGs
Sectors, organizations, companies, and governments around the world work every day with the aim of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030), also known by their acronym SDGs. This initiative promoted by the United Nations sets the path to fight climate change and economic inequality, promote innovation, sustainable consumption, peace, and justice, amongst other priorities. And…
Extended responsibility, key to the circular economy of plastics
More than 160 professionals attended the fifth edition of the ‘Plastic and the Circular Economy’ debate, which this year was held in a 3D virtual reality format due to the COVID-19. The meeting, organised by AIMPLAS, the Technological Institute of Plastics, and Cicloplast, was attended by a total of 15 speakers from different public administrations,…
The UN recommends the tourism sector to fight against the plastic pollution due to COVID-19
Tourism is one of the economic sectors most affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. The countries have shielded themselves to try to stop contagion, which has led to a very notable drop of foreign citizens visits. In particular, this industry could face a reduction of up to 78 per cent in international tourist arrivals. According…
Environmental awareness is growing: 60% of consumers consider themselves ‘eco-active’
Consumers who are very or fairly involved with the environment increased from a 51% in 2019 to a 59% in 2020 The months of lockdown appear to have changed consumers’ sensitivity to the environment, accelerating a change that was already underway. This is reflected in Kantar’s Who Cares, Who Does? 2020 report, which shows…