Did you know that 175 billion plastic straws are used in single dose packs? As it is part of our global pollution problem, Tembo wants to end the use of these single use plastics. Therefore we have invested many years in developing paper straw machinery, working closely together with our partners delfort and Henk…
Bans, restrictions, and taxes on single-use plastics are coming into force across the globe. Whether action is being taken on a national or regional level, or even by individual businesses, the aim is to bring about a drastic reduction in plastic waste. In achieving this, it’s hoped that we can mitigate plastic p…
The tide is now turning against plastic. After high-profile campaigns around ocean litter and carbon emissions, public opinion is changing – and business activities along with it. According to one poll, half of UK consumers said they would be willing to pay more to avoid plastic packaging. Nearly two thirds of sm…
In a world that is grappling with the issue of how to reduce the quantity of plastic waste it produces, paper straws have an important role to play. They provide an eco-friendly alternative to the disposable plastic straw, 25.3 billion of which are used in Europe during a single year. Rather than slowly degrading…
The conversation around recycling is becoming progressively urgent and, thankfully, increasingly mainstream. Many more of us are recycling – but there are still blindspots that have serious repercussions for the environment. When you consider that in 2017, plastic straws were the 7th most collected waste item on…
One of the positives of the last 12 months has been the obvious shift in attitude towards a demand for sustainability by consumers. 80% no longer want plastics in their products, while more than half of shoppers polled by Accenture say they would pay more for products designed to be reused or recycled. This welco…
Quick summary: Single-use plastics will be outlawed in Greece by July 2021, according to Greek government plans Takeaway coffee cups, cotton buds, and plastic straws all set to be included in the ban Greece hopes to be one of Europe’s first countries to implement the ban, in accordance with the EU directive agai…
Although plastic goods became widely available to consumers during the 1950s, it’s only during the last twenty years that we’ve seen the real boom in plastic – and as a result, plastic waste. In the 1960s less than 1% of our refuse was plastic; by 2005 that had increased to 10% according to one ground-breaking s…
Is it time to go back to the future with paper straws? The world-view is quickly changing when it comes to sustainability and environmental care. So could paper straws be the answer to the start of a new era? The humble straw is older than the invention of paper itself. So, if we want to find out where paper str…
Germany Latest State to Ban Single-Use Plastics Quick Summary: Single-use plastic straws, cotton buds, and cutlery included within the German ban Deadline of July 2021 brings the country in line with European Union directive Just under a third of Germany’s 18 million-ton waste is plastic-based Germany has agree…
At Tembo Paper, our work to reduce plastic waste occurs in a much wider ecosystem of environmental NGOs, corporations, and authorities – each doing their bit to take us towards a more sustainable world. Staying abreast of the freshest ideas and innovations in this sphere is something that we know is vital. To thi…
Quick summary: Clean ocean campaigners warn of ‘Covid waste’ surge, as single-use masks and gloves wash up on beaches worldwide Coronavirus causes twelve-fold increase in facemask manufacture in China, with billions produced across the globe Disposable masks primarily made of polypropylene, a plastic that takes…
