INDUSTRY DEMANDS COMMON APPROACH TO TACKLE MARINE PLASTICS WASTE
September 1st, 2016
Plastics has a very good image – but the industry’s contribution to marine waste is damaging it, Antonino Furfari, managing director of industry organisation Plastics Recyclers Europe, told yesterday’s (September 29) high level Brussels conference on measures to prevent this environmental problem. According to a June 2016 report by event hosts Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd, 12.2 million tonnes of plastics and rubber enter the sea each year, including 0.95 million tonnes of microplastics mainly from vehicle tyre dust, pellets and textiles.
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