We like concentrates. Mainly for the reason that they allow plastic containers and bottles to become smaller, which reduces the amount of plastic being used. The global laundry detergent pod market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6% from 2019 to 2025 to reach USD 12.37 billion by 2025. Indicating …
Postplastic World #02: Why aren’t detergent concentrates taking off? Read More »
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) published a report last week which puts a figure on the true cost of plastic to society, the environment and the economy – a not-insignificant $3.7 trillion a year and rising. To give you a perspective on how large a sum that is, it’s approaching the annual GDP of Germany, …
The following article is a transcription of a conversation between Andrew Johnson, Communications Director at CirQulor, and Joseph Likens at Kynnex, a U.S. company specialising in product management and supply chain solutions. AJ: Joseph, thank you for joining me today. I’m going to dive right in, if I may, and ask you about the current …
Head-to-head: Overcoming barriers to sustainable manufacturing Read More »
A major contributor to the environmental pollution problems we face today is what we term our ‘throw-away society’. We have become accustomed to products that are designed to have a short lifespan and which are then discarded. Manufacturers have even been accused of building in obsolescence to reduce product life. Then there are certain high-volume …
Mind the Gap #1: Finding alternatives to Single Use Plastics Read More »
Apologies for the click bait headline, but what really caught our attention this month was the call for a global treaty to end production of ‘virgin’ plastic by 2040. The original article in Science Magazine is co-authored by fourteen scientists from respected institutions across the world who are calling for a binding global agreement to …
Bioplastics seemed to be the answer to all our problems, yet have had some bad press in recent years, mainly for reasons of a misperception about what they actually are and what they promise. The reason is that bioplastics are often labeled ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’, and while bioplastics do decompose in nature more quickly than …
“I’m a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world… Life in plastic, it’s fantastic”. Some of you may remember the catchy Eurodance track by Aqua. Some of you won’t (it was over 20 years ago, after all!). Anyway, the point is, it’s true. Not the bit about being a Barbie girl, the bit about plastic being …
Annual global consumption of plastic bottles will top half a trillion by 2021, with a projected jump in production of 20% this year alone. Isn’t it time we starting looking for an alternative? Up until recently, switching to glass production, with or without a deposit return scheme in place, was accepted as the preferred eco …