{"id":9665,"date":"2020-05-18T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T05:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=9665"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:31:04","slug":"are-we-heading-back-towards-single-use-plastic-because-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/05\/18\/are-we-heading-back-towards-single-use-plastic-because-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Heading Back Towards Single-Use Plastic Because Of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle against plastic pollution has rapidly gained momentum in recent years. Our 2018 report &#8211;\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lion.box.com\/s\/qf4uf4lwbvqd5agqu0qmu42hbebtkhv1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Plastics phase-out: Exposure through the value chain<\/em><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; analysed the challenges across sectors beyond the use of carrier bags, microbeads and straws. We concluded that the issue was not just a point of public concern but either an opportunity for forward-thinking companies or a threat to business profitability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The over-riding priorities of the Covid-19 crisis have, at least in the short term, constrained efforts to tackle the challenge, both from a corporate prioritisation and from a hygiene perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the long term, a circular economy for plastics is inevitable. This means not simply making, using and disposing of plastic, but removing unnecessary plastic, making innovative products and circulating items back into use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have identified 60 new regulations attempting to tackle single-use plastic. We\u2019ve had discussions with more than 100 companies about their commitments and responses to increasing regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We believe the recent reversal of progress is a blip. As our latest report on progress \u2013\u00a0Forging a new future for problematic plastic: Are companies prepared?\u00a0\u2013 shows, businesses need to urgently ramp up disclosure, ambition and action. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizcommunity.com\/Article\/196\/750\/203989.html\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The battle against plastic pollution has rapidly gained momentum in recent years. Our 2018 report &#8211;\u00a0Plastics phase-out: Exposure through the value chain\u00a0&#8211; analysed the challenges across sectors beyond the use&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[438,1122,1232],"class_list":["post-9665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-plastic-pollution","tag-single-use-plastic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}