The plastic you throw away can end up in your seafood 🍤🦐🐟
It is estimated that up to 13 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year, affecting our marine life dramatically. With so many animals mistaking plastic items and particles for food, or becoming entangled, the impact of plastic waste on marine life has become a global crisis.
The plastic pollution problem is more than just affecting our marine life, this can negatively impact tourism, human health, and climate change. As humans, the impact on us is that plastic particles are being passed down the food chain and found in the seafood that we eat today, which can impact our immune and digestive systems.
Waste management plays a crucial role in addressing the growing concern about ocean plastic pollution and the chemical pollution that derives from our seas and waterways. Correct waste management practices will help to prevent the rise of pollution.
Here are 5 ways Baxter can help:
♻ Develop and implement effective waste management solution for your site, e.g. waste collections, recycling facilities for sites to prevent waste from going to landfill or ending up in the ocean due to improper handling and internal process upgrades that may be required.
♻ Reduce, reuse, and recycle; by following the waste management fundamentals, this reduces the overall waste production for your site and can therefore minimise the amount of waste ending up in landfill or the ocean.
♻ Maximise Recycling Opportunities: Helping you to segregate plastic waste, avoid single-use plastics where possible, and turn recyclable items into new goods by implementing plastic recycling initiatives and relevant solutions.
♻ Increasing Team awareness - Supporting and educating your organisations' overall awareness of how your Waste Management should look for your business, by educating individuals on where to dispose of different waste streams on site, the importance of responsible segregation and what impact that will have on our planet.
♻ If you can measure it you can manage it! By implementing our accurate reporting systems, you can track how much waste your site has created over a predetermined timeframe, showing the results and any further improvements required. This then gives a platform for continuous review and improvement.
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