Unpacking The Plastic Dilemma

FORTY - ONE NORTH’S SELECT INSIGHTS: THE SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE BY ERM

Post 1/6 - Plastic protects vulnerable products and preserves our food, but packaging is largely single-use, and after its intended useful life of typically less than a year, is discarded. Around 95% of the value of plastic (worth $80 to $120 billion annually) is lost into the environment, with 8 million tons leaking into oceans every year – the equivalent of dumping the contents of one rubbish truck every minute.