“300 million tons of plastic is produced
annually and the world only recycles 9% of the plastic it makes annually.”
eight of out 10 said they would support clearer labelling of plastic packaging to help them determine their impact on the environment. It would certainly make it much easier if there was one definitive mark that clearly stated a product’s plastic credentials.
This is why we launched a new Recycled Plastic Rating (RPR) mark in 2019, a rating scheme which instantly shows consumers the amount of recycled plastic content used in the packaging of the products they are buying. This radically simplifies the 28 possible options to just one industry standard. This will give the cleaning industry the ability to vote with their purchasing power and choose packaging that is diverting plastic from landfill; not adding to it.
The RPR enables all who work in the cleaning industry to see, at a glance, the exact plastic credentials of products they are using – and make necessary changes to other, more eco-friendly brands, if needs be.
In order to turn this ‘plastic crisis’ on its head, we need to all align our choices. We need to align on only using products with packaging that has been recycled. We need to align on only working with suppliers who package products
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responsibly – that way the suppliers have no option but to bring to market products that are made from recycled plastic or risk going out of business. If we don’t buy their plastic products, they can’t sell them – it’s simple.
It’s largely about collaboration. If each professional reading this decided that today they would take action and make today the day they committed to using products with 100% recycled packaging, they would reduce their carbon by 70% and change would happen.
The task is a mammoth one – but it’s not a solo endeavour. Like I said, it’s about collaboration. It’s about each and every person in the industry making changes. It’s about cleaning companies changing suppliers. It’s about suppliers changing manufacturers, and so on.
Each change will result in another, and another, and another, until, collectively, it becomes a big change. It’s action that we take together, as a united cleaning industry that will have the real power behind it. We urge everyone in the industry to stand together, with one voice, and one vision, and work together to make this happen.
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