{"id":131867,"date":"2024-06-25T07:56:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T04:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/standardised-packaging-could-save-up-to-0-8-million-tonnes-of-plastic-waste\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T07:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T04:56:21","slug":"standardised-packaging-could-save-up-to-0-8-million-tonnes-of-plastic-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/standardised-packaging-could-save-up-to-0-8-million-tonnes-of-plastic-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Standardised packaging could save up to 0.8 million tonnes of plastic waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131867\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Anew report by sustainable waste management company Biffa highlights significant opportunities to reduce plastic packaging waste in the UK. The report, titled \u2018The UK Journey to Circularity\u2019, outlines a nine-point plan with achievable timelines for businesses, consumers, and the government. Standardisation of packaging materials across the country emerges as the largest potential contributor, with Biffa estimating that via adopting this, up to 0.8 million tonnes of plastic waste could be diverted from landfills by 2029.<\/p>\n<p>This process would involve designing products for easier recycling by using consistent materials throughout. Specifically, clear caps reduce contamination in recycled high-density polyethylene plastic, allowing bottles and caps to be recycled together into new products. Biffa suggests increasing the mandated recycled content from the current estimated 40% to 75%, potentially saving an additional 0.5 to 0.75 million tonnes of plastic waste.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond standardisation and legislation, Biffa\u2019s plan explores other interventions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shift towards reusable packaging: This could divert an estimated 0.13 million tonnes of waste from landfills.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Consumer pays\u2019 schemes: Consumers paying for disposal services could incentivise responsible waste management, potentially recovering 0.35 million tonnes of waste.<\/li>\n<li>Investment in non-mechanical recycling technologies: New technologies could handle complex plastics that are currently unrecyclable, potentially saving another 0.35 million tonnes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packaging-gateway.com\/news\/standardise-packaging-plastic-waste\/\">Packaging Gateway<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/5-549\/\">Standardised packaging could save up to 0.8 million tonnes of plastic waste<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,829,761,404],"class_list":["post-131867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-packaging","tag-plastic-waste","tag-standards"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}