Recycling plastic bottles is good, but reusing them is better

Last week Woolworths announced a new food distribution system, in collaboration with the American company TerraCycle, which provides basic needs for reusable packaging.

The system, called Loop, allows buyers to buy supermarket products from a brand in reusable packaging.

As Australia strives to achieve the national packaging target of 100% recyclable, compostable or reusable Australian packaging by 2025, such programs offer the opportunity to review how plastic packaging is produced, used and recycled.

For more information, this is what happens with our plastic recycling when it goes abroad

Recycling alone is not the magic solution
Plastic packaging, mainly for food and beverages, is the fastest growing category of plastic use.

In Australia, less than 10% of these plastic packaging is recycled, compared to 70% for paper and cardboard packaging.

Recycling water bottles (PET) and milk bottles (HDPA) is the most efficient, but recycling rates remain relatively low at around 30%.

Other hard plastics (PVC, PS) and soft or flexible plastics, such as plastic films and plastic bags, represent a major challenge for recyclers. In the case of soft plastics, although recycling options are available, the use of additives called plasticizers - used to make the plastic hard and soft and malleable - often makes recycled plastic products weak, unsustainable and unusable. further.

Some researchers claim that recycling is actually a dismantling process because plastic packaging is not always recycled in new packaging due to contamination or deterioration in quality.
Even when disposable plastic packaging can be recycled efficiently, this is often not the case. The greater the production of disposable plastic materials, the greater the chance of them entering the ocean and other environments in which their plasticizers dissolve, thereby damaging the wild populations and the people who depend on them.

Zero Waste Europe recently updated its waste hierarchy to focus primarily on preventing and reusing packaging rather than recycling .

Essential trends for 2019

While fashion experts are determining the new trends to follow in 2019, you are embarking on new refreshing styles to be at the forefront of the fashion game this year. Trendy lehengas kurtas for the wedding season, keep your style much better. Follow the stylists' instructions in a luxury online fashion store - Pernia's Pop-Up Shop - for new choices and play in any aspect.
shapes
Seize
Costumed divorces are back and they are very popular. Now they look contemporary, without seeming suffocating. The luxury suits give you the perfect look for the new year. Combine your pointed outfit with an eye-catching graphic t-shirt for a casual or unexpected look. It also helps you get a perfectly balanced dress and not seem outdated.
shorts
The courts have stolen the show this year. Choose a customized length, microphone or knee, with which you feel equally at ease. Take a break from skirts for the coming months and choose your elegant, casual and resistant shorts for the summer.
Clothing cloth
Lin and Khadi
The great designers have rediscovered the beauty of our historic fabrics. Natural fabrics have attracted a lot of attention in the fashion world. The designers now offer sweat pants, straight pants, kurta, crop tops, capes, jackets and more in pastel and neutral colors. Don't stop the heat wave from advancing our best foot. Make a summer style statement with these lightweight fabrics.
colors
Earth tones
One of the highlights of the season is one of the most subtle and sober. Connoisseurs tend to color camel skin to define summers. Combining shoulder to shoulder with shades of coral and sun, the inviting beige seduces with its summer refinement. From head to toe, the way the ovens recommend the trend for summers, often in simple, muted shapes, displayed in sweet colors like oatmeal, biscuits, blush and off-white. In simple terms, we look at a beige spectrum, but in terms of fashion, it is one of a girl's most chic clothes. This color palette seems mature, sophisticated and expensive, even if you can't invest in the styles presented here.
Spicy living coral
We admit that we have already been struck by his imagination. Certainly to get different looks, the spicy shade can be shaken for any occasion during the day to make a statement. Imagine the color with anything, from shimmering reflections to dramatic cliffs and romantic monotonous.