Plastic waste Ocean Assignment
Points of view
Towards end of essay
Effects
What can be done
Business
Consumer
Governments
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Carrier bag charge
Laws about amount of waste can produce
Consumers want to see businesses taking action
Encourage innovation in businesses
Plastic in ocean affects certain industries
Subsidies and investments into waste reduction
Costs of changing packaging etc will pass on cost to consumer
Want cheap products and plastic is cheap
Pressure from consumers to act to change businesses style
Examples such as ....
What some countries are doing compared to others for example denmark vs china ?
Consumer irresponsibleness - Attitude behaviour gap
Fish With plastic in
Effects on global warming from production of these plastics
Unsustainable using fossil fuels to make this
Changing habitats of animals
However, this may change as people become more aware ?
evaluating point : How long will this take ? is the damage being done faster than people realising about their affects on the planet.
Are we to late ? /Is recycling enough ?
Possible future ways to decline plastic waste
Does this plastic have a use ?
Man utd kit made out of ocean plastic
Is there anything like the paris agreement but for plastics ?
In "Tackling ocean plastic in the laundry room, it also states that these plastics often are the biggest contributor etc ....
Bioplastics
Biolplastics
Recycling
Change in consumer behaviour
Industries
Retail
Drinks companies
"Plastic Planet" new campaign in UK. The use of hard hitting images used to impassion consumers to change their ways *Mintel
MSC - Marine Charity using a similar strategy
Harrogate spring water changed design of bottles so they can be twisted and compacted so its more convenient for customer
Food packaging ( Unilever )
Airline
Pressure from consumers encourages for innovative designs and new packaging ideas
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