The Problem with Plastic

Overview

Do you ever feel like you’re drowning in plastic? It’s everywhere. Sure, there’re the usual suspects: bottles, plastic bags, and food containers. But what about the hidden culprits like cardboard coffee cups coated in the stuff or shiny Christmas wrapping paper? It’s not always easy to keep track of your plastic use at home. But in large organisations, plastic can present an even bigger problem.

As climate change and environmental destruction speeds up, it’s never been more important to look at your organisation’s plastic habits. Reducing reliance on plastic will benefit the planet. And it demonstrates that your organisation is committed to making positive changes. This course will show you how.

Outline Learning Objectives:

• Identify opportunities for your organisation to have a positive impact on reducing plastic pollution, reducing organisational waste, and increasing marketability
• Align organisational objectives to industry and social standards around plastic pollution, ensuring legal compliance and social acceptance
• Create a corporate plastics reduction plan, including detailed metrics,to demonstrate organisational commitment and guide future activities

Why take this course?

If you want to reduce plastic use at the company you work for, this course will show you how. You’ll learn how to find opportunities for reducing plastic use and organisational waste. It’ll show you how to align organisational objectiveswith industry and social standards. And you’ll find out how to create a plastics reduction plan.