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Plastic backlash: The business response

The last eighteen months have seen a global public backlash against plastic. Caroline Bayley asks how businesses have responded and what opportunities it has brought.

The last eighteen months have seen a global public backlash against plastic. Everyone talks about the huge impact that Sir David Attenborough and the 大象传媒's Blue Planet series has had in raising public awareness about the damage that 8 million tonnes of plastic which enter the ocean every year is having on sea life. It was one of the triggers for consumers, governments and companies to decide that action needed to be taken. But what does it mean for businesses which depend on plastic as a core raw material or for the packaging and retail industries, both deeply reliant on plastic? Caroline Bayley talks to companies about the opportunities and challenges presented by the plastic backlash.

Presenter: Caroline Bayley
Producer: Beth Sagar-Fenton

Picture Credit: 大象传媒

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Sun 9 Jun 2019 18:32GMT

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