Far too much packaging is made to last for longer than the people who use it; one estimate suggests there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050 if companies and consumers continue as normal.
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March 3, 2023
Plastic packaging regulation is coming — here are the startups set to benefit
Our new Sifted report profiles the techies in Europe dreaming up guilt free packaging that won’t clog our oceans
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