Old Plastic Become New Sustainable Products in China
The development of new materials in China is nothing new.
If you visit any investment zone in China, it will list “new materials” as one of its pillar industries, and as we are seeing with the use of carbon.. sometimes an old material can become a “sustianable material” when used in a new manner.
This week, according to the article Plastics could help China’s sustainability, 60 members of the plastics industry and government came together in Chongqing for the Plastics Sustainable Development Annual Conference and Plastics & Automobiles Sustainable Development Forum.
For me, the interesting statistic that was the higlight of the article (and a strong sign of opportunity) was:
Cars in developed countries use about 330 pounds of plastic per vehicle, or about 10-15% of the weight of a vehicle, while Chinese carmakers generally use about 150-200 per vehicle.
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