What the plastic pollution debate means for packaging companies

Reducing waste and landfill

Versatile, durable, hygienic and cheap to produce - plastic is a 'miracle' material that makes modern life possible.

But with more than 90% of all plastic waste yet to ever be recycled, according to the latest academic research, plastic pollution has become a problem for oceans, marine life and the environment that has become hard to ignore.  Sustainability has been both a topic of public debate and an increasingly important consideration for investors for some time, but awareness of the issue has reached new heights in the last 18 months following the BBC TV series Blue Planet II.  Regulators to explore removing 'barriers' to addressing 'unprecedented' climate risk The documentary and a number of...