United Kingdom
Plastic Packaging – Understanding the Environmental Issues
Online course that addresses the key questions around the environmental issues around plastics packaging
Publisher: PolymerCourses.com (content by Brian Lodge)
Cost: Free
Published: January 2021
Pages: Online
A one hour long online course accredited by IOM3. The course is aimed at anyone interested in learning more about plastic packaging and the environment.
The course covers a range of environmental topics, including the life cycle approach, causes and solutions to marine litter, principles of eco-design, bioplastics, legislation and the waste hierarchy.
By the end of the course the learner should be better equipped to understand what it takes to make sustainable plastic packaging, and which factors need to be investigated in order to help ensure we create more sustainable products.
The course covers a range of environmental topics, including the life cycle approach, causes and solutions to marine litter, principles of eco-design, bioplastics, legislation and the waste hierarchy.
By the end of the course the learner should be better equipped to understand what it takes to make sustainable plastic packaging, and which factors need to be investigated in order to help ensure we create more sustainable products.