Advocating responsible use of plastics Pix for representational purpose only/REUTERS
PETALING JAYA: Plastics have had a bad reputation for decades now. It is non-biodegradable, and used and discarded plastic items end up in oceans, posing a threat to marine life.
However, according to producers and recyclers of the material, such a label is unjustified.
Plastics by itself does not pollute. The fault lies with people – how they use it and dispose of it is the problem.
As the Malaysia Plastic Recyclers Association (MPRA) pointed out recently, migrating from a linear economy now to a circular economy in the use of plastics is sustainable for the environment.
Undergraduates, lecturers gain insights from plastics industry veterans via webinar 29 Dec 2020 / 15:30 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Over 200 undergraduates and lecturers had the opportunity to hear from industry veterans across the spectrum of the plastics industry in a two-day webinar held recently.
Titled the Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA)-Chevron Phillips Chemical ‘Why Plastics?’ Webinar 2020, it was held in collaboration with the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Malaysia.
The webinar was designed as an information-sharing avenue between academia and industry to address misconceptions of the plastics industry, the complexities of the plastics pollution issue, and how the industry is striving to achieve its sustainability goals.