A World Bank report, ‘Tackling Increasing Plastic Waste’, estimates that the weight of plastics in oceans will exceed that of fish by 2050 and that there will be about 12 billion tonnes of plastics in landfills. The material is a convenient, cheap, and versatile packaging material compared to its substitutes. Numerous propositions have been put forward to manage plastic waste effectively. While plastics use remains dangerously high and environmentally harmful, consumers have increasingly pivoted toward environmentally friendly products, spurred by the clarion call to reduce, reuse and recycle. Whereas this behaviour change is commendable, some businesses are deceiving consumers by making false or unsubstantiated claims about the environmental attributes of their packaging.

Source: The Star March 15, 2021 00:56 UTC