Titre :	So long, plastic! : We've had a good run, we've shared some great memories, but our time together has come to an end. It's not you, it's us. Oh wait, it is you! ... or is it both of us?
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Ulrich Krzyminski, Directeur de publication, rédacteur en chef ; Beyondplastic, Editeur scientifique
Editeur :	Kronberg : Beyondplastic
Année de publication :	2021
Importance :	1 vol. (158 p.)
Présentation :	ill. en coul., couv. ill.
Format :	27 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-3-00-067649-9
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Matières plastiques -- Pollution Mode de vie durable
Index. décimale :	7:691.17 Plastiques
Résumé :	We are BEYONDPLASTIC and we are on a mission to rid the world of single-use plastics. For centuries we have packaged our goods with beautiful materials such as paper, cardboard or organic fibers being quite in sync with nature. Then around 70 years ago a new magic substance conquered our consumer life - you guessed it, plastic! This ‘magic material’ quickly gave engineers an abundant playground to create the fanciest products at low manufacturing cost. The dark side: We became a throw-away society and started to pollute the world with our plastoholic behavior! Our obsession with this ‘magic material’ is a short-sighted amour fou: We made it and made it and made it some more without a single thought about what happened when we no longer needed it. Like those plastic lids for the coffee-to-go cups: They are used for a couple of minutes and then remain in the world for hundreds of years. Plastics pollute the land, flow from the rivers to the sea where they degrade slowly into teeny-tiny particles, which are toxically absorbed by plants and animals and may return in the food on our tables. As the old saying goes: ‘You always meet twice in life’.

So long, plastic! : We've had a good run, we've shared some great memories, but our time together has come to an end. It's not you, it's us. Oh wait, it is you! ... or is it both of us? [texte imprimé] / Ulrich Krzyminski, Directeur de publication, rédacteur en chef ; Beyondplastic, Editeur scientifique . - Kronberg : Beyondplastic, 2021 . - 1 vol. (158 p.) : ill. en coul., couv. ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN : 978-3-00-067649-9
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Matières plastiques -- Pollution Mode de vie durable
Index. décimale :	7:691.17 Plastiques
Résumé :	We are BEYONDPLASTIC and we are on a mission to rid the world of single-use plastics. For centuries we have packaged our goods with beautiful materials such as paper, cardboard or organic fibers being quite in sync with nature. Then around 70 years ago a new magic substance conquered our consumer life - you guessed it, plastic! This ‘magic material’ quickly gave engineers an abundant playground to create the fanciest products at low manufacturing cost. The dark side: We became a throw-away society and started to pollute the world with our plastoholic behavior! Our obsession with this ‘magic material’ is a short-sighted amour fou: We made it and made it and made it some more without a single thought about what happened when we no longer needed it. Like those plastic lids for the coffee-to-go cups: They are used for a couple of minutes and then remain in the world for hundreds of years. Plastics pollute the land, flow from the rivers to the sea where they degrade slowly into teeny-tiny particles, which are toxically absorbed by plants and animals and may return in the food on our tables. As the old saying goes: ‘You always meet twice in life’.