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This is an era of convenience wrapped in plastic. Our convenience, however, has come at a cost to our environment. The rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them.   The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recommended the replacement of conventional plastic with biodegradable plastics […]

Agricultural mulch, designed to safeguard crops, is specifically meant for use in open environments. Conventional agricultural mulches are made of polyethylene and polypropylene, which are not biodegradable. By the end of the crop growing season, the agricultural mulching film is heavily contaminated with soil and severely degraded making its collection for recycling both difficult and […]

Paper-based packaging is often considered more environmentally friendly than plastics, however, paper-based packaging was the main packaging waste material in the EU with 34 million tonnes in 2021, followed by plastic packaging waste with 16.1 million tonnes. According to the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System in Ireland, paper-based packaging was responsible for 7.3% of litter […]