Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough has appeared in a video campaign for a new plastic recycling technology in the U.K., alongside other naturalists calling for stronger protections for the world’s oceans.
This new process does sound promising. But I still think other solutions are needed. as:
There is no incentive for individuals to recycle and many still don’t.
There are other matierials that this process will not work with.
I guess 1. can might eventually be solved by AI sorting everything that is thrown away.
The best solution I can think of is to outlaw single use plastics.
Have every product in a re-useable container that you get a small re-imbursement for returning. This solves 1. and 2. and is allready possible with some products in some shops. Examples:
Even though some effort has been made and some shops exist that offer this, I don’t think it will be popular until there is regulation to ban single use plsatics.
This new process does sound promising. But I still think other solutions are needed. as:
I guess 1. can might eventually be solved by AI sorting everything that is thrown away.
The best solution I can think of is to outlaw single use plastics. Have every product in a re-useable container that you get a small re-imbursement for returning. This solves 1. and 2. and is allready possible with some products in some shops. Examples:
Even though some effort has been made and some shops exist that offer this, I don’t think it will be popular until there is regulation to ban single use plsatics.