An initiative of the chemical industry to free the seas of plastic waste Project STOP

摘要

Plastic litter is the main problem in the current plastics crisis.It is estimated that there are now more than 150 million t of waste plastic in the world's oceans and between 4 and 13 million t are added each year.During the last K show in 2019,the world's leading trade fair for plastics and rubber,whose main theme was the circular economy,RE3 had the opportunity to talk to some of the companies that deal with the problem of plastic waste in the oceans and offer solutions.Borealis AG,an Austrian global chemical group producing polyolefins,bulk chemicals and fertilizers,is one of the companies actively tackling this major problem.We spoke to Craig Halgreen,Director of Sustain-ability and Public Affairs,about Project STOP,an initiative to stop the dumping of plastic waste into the oceans.