Patricia Aymà Maldonado

90% of the plastic is incinerated.

And 50% goes to landfills.

When it gets recycled, it loses quality.

So it is quite important to mix it again with virgin plastic in order to have the best application of the product.

When I mean virgin plastic, I mean the plastic that is extracted for the first time from this fraction of the petroleum.

Data from 2023, it shows that extraction of virgin plastic has increased.

So that means that we are promoting recycling and also virgin production plastic is increasing.

So it is the perfect illusion of sustainability.

If we do nothing, in 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the sea.

It is still growing and will continue growing if we do not change.

how the system is accountable on that, because it often seems that the full responsibility falls into individuals.

No matter how you try to avoid single-use plastics, no matter how you separate properly at your home, it will never be enough.

A company puts a plastic product and the customer has to take care of the planet.

I need that plastic.

You are not giving me another solution.

They have to start thinking about the future.

It's time to be accountable and to substitute this type of materials for the ones that can take care of the planet.

So a bioplastic is a plastic that meets one of these two conditions.

It is bioplastic from its origin, that means there is no petrol-based plastic.

Or it is a bioplastic for its end of life, that means that it is biodegradable or compostable.