Waste Management and PET Bottle Recycling
Reducing plastic pollution by diverting PET bottles from landfills and oceans and giving plastic a new life.
Overview
Waste management and PET bottle recycling play a key role in reducing plastic pollution and conserving resources. Recycling PET bottles helps divert waste from landfills and oceans, giving plastic a new life as textiles, packaging or reusable products. Effective systems of segregation, collection and awareness can turn waste into a valuable resource while protecting the environment.
The perils of plastic
Plastic, once hailed as a miracle material, has become an environmental crisis — its durability, ironically, is its doom. It clogs waterways, pollutes oceans and harms marine life that mistakes it for food. As plastics break down into microplastics, they permeate our soils and water systems, entering the food chain and potentially affecting human health. The production and disposal of plastics also release greenhouse gases, exacerbating climate change.
What makes recycling work
- 01Segregation at source
- 02Collection systems
- 03Awareness
