VTT: A circular economy of plastics will reduce plastic pollution and slow down climate change
Press release, 19 May 2020
Moving to a circular economy of plastics is of pivotal importance if we want to combine our healthy and safe lifestyle with sustainable development. In our new publication on the circular economy of plastics, we explain how we can solve the environmental problems caused by plastics while also preserving the benefits we gain from them.Plastics have extremely useful properties: they help us keep our food fresh, make it possible to safely operate electrical devices and create various solutions in the medical field, such as disposable syringes and artificial joints.