Many of the world’s plastics escape the waste management process and wind up with a second coming in the open ocean – turning into subtropical gyres, falling apart and damaging ecosystems as they do.
Metal bin manufacturer, Taylor, has signed a £50k contract with the City of London Corporation to provide some of the city’s largest estates with a new waste management system.
When biodegradable plastic arrived on the scene a few decades ago, it was full of promise. Now, however, this solution is being questioned. As opinion over biodegradable plastics becomes divided, Leon
Plastic – love it or loathe it, there’s no getting away from it in today’s society. Or is there? In recent years, a new crop of materials, similar in technical properties to their traditional counterparts yet completely biodegradable and compostable, has sprung up.
