Biome Bioplastics launches plastic educational channel

1 November 2018
Biome Bioplastics launches plastic educational channel

Biome Bioplastics has launched a digital educational channel, #ThinkBioplastic. The platform aims to help government, media and the public better understand the complexities of plastics and plastic pollution and learn more about available alternatives.

#ThinkBioplastic will share content about the whole plastic life cycle (production, use and disposal) and investigate the science behind recent plastic’s headlines. It will highlight the role of bioplastic in reducing the negative impact of polymer manufacture and disposal. All content will be in an easily digestible form.

Biome Bioplastics CEO Paul Mines explains the motivation behind the channel:

The recent extensive coverage on plastic, while increasing awareness of the problem, has also increased people’s confusion about the existing solutions. We decided to take the matter into our own hands and form a necessary back-to-basic approach that puts the emphasis on science and fact. We hope to cut through some of the noise in this debate and empower people to make their own choices.”

The channel has already received support from experts in the biobased industry. Professor Adrian Higson, Director at NNFCC, comments:

“The #ThinkBioplastic platform will help inform individuals about the already available solutions to the plastic problem. In turn, this can shine a new light on the opportunity that biobased and biodegradable plastics represent, to shift towards a sustainable bioeconomy – a move that could eliminate dependency on fossil fuels.”

#ThinkBioplastic will also be working with ambassadors, such as award-winning wildlife photographer Sue Flood, who also worked on Blue Planet and Planet Earth. She said:

“Having spent almost 30 years as a wildlife filmmaker and photographer documenting wildlife and wild places around our planet, the issue of plastic pollution has grown in my awareness as I’ve encountered the damage it causes even in the most remote places.”

Visit www.thinkbioplastic.com for more information, and watch the video series Our Plastic Predicament.