Creating a circular plastic economy

Plastic credits scheme may help to encourage recycling and reduce the usage of virgin plastic materials in products.

Published Fri, Jun 19, 2020 · 09:50 PM

LET'S face it. We simply can't get rid of plastic in our modern life today. Especially not when they're in every aspect of our daily lives and the economy in general. Take the singular example of disposable plastic containers, the use of which surged during the circuit breaker period in Singapore when people had to do food take-aways and order-ins.

A National University of Singapore (NUS) Master of Science (Environmental Management) online survey (done from May 17-25) showed that an extra 1,334 tonnes of single-use plastic waste, equivalent to the weight of 92 double-decker buses, was generated during the two-month circuit-breaker period.

The inevitable truth is that plastic is present in every human activity - from personal products like whitening toothpaste to things we consume, even teabags, and also in metal cans, Tetra Pak and paper cups; not to …