P & G Japan Reuse of plastic bottles collected on the coast November 6, 14:55
P & G Japan, a major household goods manufacturer, will recycle PET bottles collected on the coast of Japan as raw materials for containers for dishwashing detergents to be sold this month, while marine pollution caused by plastic spills becomes a problem. It was.
The tableware detergent that P & G Japan sells nationwide from this month reuses plastic waste as 25% of the raw material for containers.
This is about 6 tons of PET bottles collected as garbage on the Japanese coast with the help of volunteers. After being crushed and heated in a domestic factory, it was put into a container and produced 550,000 bottles. .
According to the company, this is the first time that a manufacturer of daily commodities sells products made from recycled marine plastic waste into containers in Japan.
Marine plastic waste has become a major international problem, with the World Economic Forum predicting that plastic waste exceeding the total weight of fish will flow into the ocean by 2050 if it remains unchanged.
P & G Japan's President Stanislove Besela said at a press conference: “With the sale of this product, many consumers have recognized the marine plastic waste problem, and if we work together, we can resolve the problem. I want to get it. "