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bility (EPR): The industry should adopt Ex- stead of adopting banning restrictions.
tended Producer Responsibility which re-
quires companies to establish plastic waste Conclusion: Rethinking Our Relationship with
recycling programs with their own budget Plastics
resources.
Plastic materials show either positive or nega-
2. Educate Consumers: Productive awareness tive characteristics based on their production
strategies need to inform consumers about methods and their subsequent use and disposal
proper plastic usage and disposal methods. processes. Banning plastics alone cannot solve
the problem of plastic waste because ending
3. Embrace Technological Innovations: The contamination remains a complex task. Scientific
waste management revolution will occur advancement in concert with responsible prod-
when we accept technological advances uct usage and optimized recycling measures will
about bioplastics and enzymatic degrada- produce sustainability throughout the future.
tion alongside chemical recycling methods.
When someone says plastics are entirely re-
4. Support Policy Reforms: Governments
should implement policy changes that ad- sponsible for environmental destruction think
dress waste management challenges in- twice about whether we handle the actual issue
or surface-level issues.
Breaking the myths through new knowledge
about plastics will help us develop a better un-
derstanding of these materials.
Source – Plastics Technology
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