The Ultimate Circularity of Single-Use Plastic – Defining Our Responsibility to Cooperate as a Place to Start

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Smaller plastic particles look like food to many small creatures including turtles and fish; this is how plastic gets into the food chain. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto/Slavadubrovin

Plastic has been part of our lives for the past 70 years. For the sake of history, in 1953, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) brought expansion to low-density radical polyethylene (LDPE), used for rigid products such as bottles, automotive, etc. Low-density PE is used for producing flexible items like bags, films, sachets, and flexible tubes. Simultaneously, polycarbonate …

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