Ocean Plastic Pollution

And Ways To Deal With The Problem

It is undeniable the practicality and economy that
plastic brings to our daily lives.
But often the cheap turn into very expensive!
The negative impacts that the indiscriminate use of this
type of material brings to the planet - and, especially, to
the marine ecosystems - is very worrisome.

Every minute, approximately 1 million
plastic bottles are sold worldwide.
Only in 2017, about 500 billion bottles were
consumed - 20 billion more than in 2016.
And this was only plastic bottles; we are
not counting all the other disposable
plastic food packaging.

And one huge problem is that much of
this plastic ends up in the ocean...
The fact is that oceans are increasingly being filled with
plastic and other wastes that we throw away. It is estimated
that today there are 150 million tons of plastic in the seas.
According to a recent study by the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation in partnership with McKinsey, we currently
discharge eight million tons of plastic in the oceans a year -
the equivalent of one garbage truck per minute.

Shocking... and apparently we are
not slowing down.
Unfortunately this number tends to get worse year by year.
In 2030 it will be double and, if we continue to consume
and dispose of plastic the way we do today, by 2050, the
oceans will have more plastic than fish.

What can be done to reverse
this situation?
A new generation of
companies are working
on packaging solutions
capable of softening the
global waste of plastic.

The solution goes through all of us, how
to have more sustainable options and
decrease our dependence on plastic.
With the increasing amount of plastic waste produced in
the world, some environmentally concerned companies
have begun to question the need for the packaging they
produce - and how to reduce the environmental impacts
generated by them.
One of the solutions is the use of Biodegradable packaging
options that can be turned into compost.

Compostable Packaging
Plates, cups, boxes, disposable cutlery:
take a walk in the food court of any
shopping centre to see these items in
use in large quantities.
Many of those items could be
manufactured from natural materials
and be made compostable, decreasing
our dependence on plastic and making
the future more sustainable.

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