06 Jul 2023 --- The Surfrider Foundation has released a report detailing what it sees as the top five “avoidance strategies” used by packaging and textile companies to justify continued plastic production. These include shifting responsibility, ineffective investments, marketing strategies, unclear reporting, accounting and political lobbying. The report, released this week, urges material suppliers and packaging corporations to “deplastify” by reducing the plastics used in their products. Surfrider’s research presents other tactics, like the movement toward bioplastics or increased and advanced recycling, as inadequate strategies to avoid making needed changes.
