Verspil het niet: pak de schaduwzijde van plastics met urgentie aan! [don't waste it! solving the dark side of today's plastic]
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Plastics (bulk, coatings, and glues), like many other commodities, including metal, wood, glass, and ceramics, are of essential importance to the wellbeing of today’s society. This will not be any different in the decades to come. We expect plastics to remain important due to their unique properties and the possibilities for mass production enabling plastics to be used as a commodity in existing and new applications, but also to replace other materials, e.g. metals in existing applications. Moreover, due to a lack of real alternatives, we will continue to depend on plastics. This increasing demand for plastics will accelerate due to the growth in world population and wealth combined with a growing demand for use in, for instance, packaging, buildings and the automotive industry. However, the use of plastics is not sustainable and the associated negative impact, of greenhouse gas emissions, plastic waste, and micro- and nano-plastics on the environment and health are unacceptable. And the hidden costs of plastics in a make-take-dispose society are equally unacceptable.
TNO Identifier
882320
Publisher
TNO
Place of publication
Utrecht