Permanent mining of fossil fuels, of which we are running out, is aimed at the manufacture of plastic products from them. After single use, most of these products end their service life in waste dump or waste combustion plant. Moreover, as much as 8 million tonnes of plastics penetrate oceans every year – this number is growing. Unless we make some serious changes, there will have been more tonnes of plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.

Only 14 percent of plastic packagings in circulation are recycled. As a result, the economy loses the equivalent of USD 80 – 120 billion every year, and what is even worse, we continuously increase carbon dioxide emission to the atmosphere.

It is erroneously assumed that ban on use of plastics and their replacement with other materials, such as glass, paper or aluminium will solve the problem. Replacement of plastics with other materials can lead to numerous, negative and unplanned consequences, such as increased carbon dioxide emission, increased consumption of water and wasting food. We must switch to recycling, which is an inseparable component of circular economy.