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PlasTics sPecial

are recognising that this is not a trend
that is going away.’
Politicians have also started paying
attention to big sustainability themes.
‘You can see this with the decisive
bans on single-use plastic packaging
in Spain and France. I consider it likely
that a new treaty on marine plastic
pollution will be on the agenda at the
United Nations assembly next year.’
Peeters argues that real, radical
change is on the horizon ‘and we want
to help accelerate it as fast as possi-
ble’. The entrepreneur adds: ‘We
come across so many innovative new
ways of using recycled plastic during
our work, we have set up an expo
space in our office to showcase them.’
This includes furniture and decorative
objects sourced both from land and
sea.
A major area of interest for Peeters
and her team is pushing for extended
producer responsibility in the fishing
industry to prevent nets and gear
from being discarded at sea. ‘We have
partnered with the flooring company
Interface which is recycling used fish-
ing nets into carpet tiles.’
Her company is also involved in a proj-
ect to recycle unwanted CDs into
designer furniture while another part-
ner, Van Plestik, uses innovative 3D
printing techniques to create chairs
and decorative objects from scrap.
‘What we find most exciting, though,
is to see regular use of recycled con-
tent. Think about it: there is no reason
why recycled plastic can’t be used in
any non-food item. So, when we can
help our clients incorporate recycled
plastic into their products without
downgrading either in function or aes-
thetics, that’s what we call real suc-
cess.’

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Willemijn Peeters (left): ‘I consider it likely
that a new treaty on marine plastic pollu-
tion will be on the agenda at the United

Nations assembly next year.’

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