3 Ways to Close the Loop on Oceanic Plastic Pollution

3 Ways to Close the Loop on Oceanic Plastic Pollution

Around 8 million tonnes of plastic waste is dumped in the ocean every year which has shaken the aquatic ecosystem leading to the formation of large ocean garbage patches. Choosing recycled plastic products can make a difference. The plastic economy is one of the key pathways to saving our aquatic ecosystem. We can begin with our personal understanding and initiate the steps to close the loop for the revolving and evolving plastic in our day-to-day lives by making efficient use of plastic and its management to promote its higher recovery rate along with lowering its leakage into the marine environment.

And, here are the 3 ways to close the loop of oceanic plastic pollution

1. SINGLE-USE PLASTIC TERMINATION

It takes millions of years for plastic to decompose. To close the loop, we need to put a full stop to single-use plastics. Recently, the Indian Government took a step toward the same by banning the manufacture, sale, and use of identified single-use plastic items like plates, cups, straws, trays, and polystyrene as a transforming step toward the plastics economy. This will result in a huge decrease in plastic pollution.

2. INCREASING OCEAN PLASTIC WASTE RECOVERY

Sustainable development always keeps an approach to waste recovery, that is, using waste as a resource.  Ocean plastic waste recovery necessitates recyclers and waste collection centres to put in special efforts to collect and clean ocean-bound areas. 

Forming raw materials out of this waste is an innovation and has been applied in various aspects globally, for example, sustainable shoes by Nike are made from post-consumer waste collected from ocean-bound areas.

3. CHOOSING RECYCLED PRODUCTS TO SUPPRESS PLASTIC MANUFACTURE

1 million recycled plastic bottles eliminate 180 metric tons of CO2 emissions from being released into the atmosphere and control greenhouse emissions, hence reducing carbon footprints. It is important to note that the collection of waste from ocean-bound areas is a difficult task with high costs. These costs become economically viable when the costs are passed on to the end consumers via premium-quality recycled products.

Ganesha Ecosphere is a leading PET plastic recycler in India that has launched the brand Go Rewise which manufactures high-quality rPET products such as rPET flakes, rPET chips bottle & textile grade, and rPET fully-drawn yarn. The brand is also working towards making rPET chips which can be used to make PET bottles again, thus truly closing the loop.

OUR ROLE

Go Rewise as the prominent brand by Ganesha Ecosphere is working towards recycling tonnes of plastic innovatively to produce eco-friendly products including rPET flakes, rPET chips bottle grade, rPET fully-drawn yarn, and many more to make a difference. These have applications in industries ranging from packaging, apparel, automotive, etc., hence, adding to transform the plastic economy.