Belgian company manufactures plastic bottles with sea junk
May 14, 2014 • Updated at 9:29 a.m.
The collection of plastic is made by specialized boats.
The Ecover
, specialized in manufacturing cleaning products company, found a way
to reuse waste collected from the ocean. The brand collects and recycles
plastic sea this material to manufacture new packaging.
The initiative is the result of a partnership with another company, Logoplaste, responsible for technology. The new bottles are made with a blend of plastic taken from the sea and plastic made from sugar cane. Initially, the packaging must be made with 10% recycled material, but the companies intend to increase this percentage to make it more sustainable.
The need for such a mixture of raw materials is due to the diversity of the quality of the plastics from the ocean. Therefore, the tag uses the plastic of vegetable origin to ensure the quality and strength required for the storage of cleaning products.
The Ecover plans to launch the new packaging in the UK later this month.
The problem of plastic in the ocean
According to the Marine Conservation Society, the fish eat the equivalent of 24,000 tons of plastic per year. "The scale of the problem is huge. Every year at least one million seabirds and one hundred thousand sharks, turtles, dolphins and whales die from eating plastic, "explains Philip Malmberg, CEO of Ecover, in a statement to the British newspaper The Guardian .
The collection of plastic is made by specialized boats, capable of removing up to eight tons of waste, and also for fishermen who collect mixed plastic in their catch and deposit waste at specific collection points.
CicloVivo Writing
The initiative is the result of a partnership with another company, Logoplaste, responsible for technology. The new bottles are made with a blend of plastic taken from the sea and plastic made from sugar cane. Initially, the packaging must be made with 10% recycled material, but the companies intend to increase this percentage to make it more sustainable.
The need for such a mixture of raw materials is due to the diversity of the quality of the plastics from the ocean. Therefore, the tag uses the plastic of vegetable origin to ensure the quality and strength required for the storage of cleaning products.
The Ecover plans to launch the new packaging in the UK later this month.
The problem of plastic in the ocean
According to the Marine Conservation Society, the fish eat the equivalent of 24,000 tons of plastic per year. "The scale of the problem is huge. Every year at least one million seabirds and one hundred thousand sharks, turtles, dolphins and whales die from eating plastic, "explains Philip Malmberg, CEO of Ecover, in a statement to the British newspaper The Guardian .
The collection of plastic is made by specialized boats, capable of removing up to eight tons of waste, and also for fishermen who collect mixed plastic in their catch and deposit waste at specific collection points.
CicloVivo Writing
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