We can rethink plastic and make it better

– but we can not remove it from the market

Demand, production and market for plastic is growing

Through implementation of circular economy, it is possible to limit the unsustainable growth of global plastics production to a reasonable level.
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Around 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year around the world. Plastics, particularly plastic packaging, currently offer the best solution to help combat this waste.
In the US alone food loss and waste embodies 170 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. This equals the emission of the whole population of Netherlands.
There are thousands of different kinds of plastics.
The European plastic industry employs almost 1,5 million people through over 50.000 companies.
Woodly´s mission is to utilise the existing infrastructure for a fossil-free and low emission plastic production.