Why No More Plastic Packaging?

The world is drowning in plastic—literally…

No More Plastic Packaging was born out of the realisation that the world is drowning in plastic—literally…and we really need to do something about it. Plastic is the scourge of our time, and we will be dealing with it’s aftermath for many decades to come.

With a passion for preserving this beautiful planet, and the creatures with which we share it, I decided “enough is enough!” I really needed to stop waiting for someone else to do something, and start doing something about the problem of plastic myself.

It is only over the passage of time that you realise that the problem of plastic did not exist when my grandparents were alive. I remember my grandfather used to shave each morning with a stainless steel razor instead of a plastic disposable. He kept sweets in a tin, and biscuits in a glass jar, and he did not carry a plastic drink bottle with him 24/7.  The milkman delivered milk in a glass bottle every day, and almost everyone had a compost heap at the bottom of their garden.

But things have changed… and here we are today, with the South Pacific garbage patch, which covers an area of 2.6 million square kilometres, spanning from the waters east of Australia to the South American continent, as far north as the Equator, and south until reaching the Antarctic circle.

The degradation of plastic is leading to all kinds of problems, not just for the ocean and sea life, but also for us human beings.