We at DuVert Paris are committed to effectively replace single use plastics and we are doing it by making it easier for you to integrate sustainable products in your daily lives . Single use plastic is proven to be both toxic and dangerous for our planet. Single use plastic is now one of the biggest dangers that our planet is facing. Consider this, a single use plastic bag for instance is used on average for 15 minutes and yet it could take 100 – 300 years for it to fragment. A plastic bottle can last for 450 years in the marine environment, slowly fragmenting into smaller and smaller pieces which eventually end up microscopic but never truly go away. This means that every piece of plastic that has ever been produced is still with us, in some form. What you use today will affect the next generation and so its our responsibility to not only save our plant but also make it better for generations to come.

Single use plastic consumption is growing at a staggering rate, in 1950, the world’s population of 2.5 billion produced 1.5 million tons of plastic while in 2016, a  global population of more than 7 billion people produced over 320 million tons of plastic. This is set to double by 2034. We’re using more plastic than ever, it’s durable, cheap to produce and we’re consuming it at an unprecedented rate.

How is the single use plastic affecting our environment: Every day approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into our oceans. Plastics consistently make up 80% of all marine debris studied. 12 million tonnes of plastic are poured into the ocean every year. There may now be around 5.25 trillion macro and microplastic pieces floating in the open ocean. Weighing up to 269,000 tonnes. 100,000 marine mammals and turtles and 1 million sea birds are killed by marine plastic pollution annually. Producing one tonne of plastic generates up to 2.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide and still plastic production has been forecast to grow by 60% by 2030 and to treble by 2050.

Government action and ban on single use plastic: Due to the environmental and social harm caused by plastic waste and pollution have made societies and government wake up and take action. Governments across the world have framed laws and policies to control the production and use of single use plastic products. I in 2019 the European Union issued a new directive, 2019/904, on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, that will require member States to adopt national legislation banning certain single-use plastic products. Bangladesh was the first country to ban single-use plastic products (plastic carrier bags) in 2002 and, since then, at least 90 countries have imposed various bans on single-use plastic products (UNEP, 2018d). Bans aim to curtail the availability in the market of products that are used once and then discarded by prohibiting their manufacture and production, importation, distribution, supply, sale and/or use. Bans have been effective in many jurisdictions in reducing consumption of single-use plastic products a comparison of plastic bag usage in China before and after the ban showed a decrease in the number of plastic bags in circulation by an estimated 40 billion just one year later (World Economic Forum, Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey & Company, 2016). In the city of San Jose, California, United States, a plastic bag ban similarly reduced by 89 per cent the number of plastic bags ending up in the city’s storm drains and increased the percentage of customers employing their own reusable bags from 4 to 62 per cent in one year (Romer, 2019)

How can we do our bit to reduce Reducing plastic pollution: Our range of sustainable and biodegradable dinnerware and packaging containers are 100% natural and we offer choice of products that are made either out of naturally fallen Arecanut leaves or Wheat Straw or Bamboo Fibre or Sugarcane bagasse. The products are from the nature and goes back to nature very easily. It helps the environment, saves our planet, there is no release of toxins or hazardous material thus helps increasing lifespan of human population. We make the switch from single use plastic to our sustainable products very easy.

Our products further helps in:

• Reducing the amount of plastic in landfills
• Easing waste management burdens or reducing costs for the Government
• Addressing the specific public health impacts of plastic
• Reducing marine ocean debris and harm to wildlife
• Encouraging a shift in consumer behaviour towards the use of more sustainable alternatives
• Improving overall environmental regulatory standards
• Reducing the volume of single-use plastic products entering the market or increasing recycling
• Helping local communities, governments comply with regional regulations and standards that is working on to stop use of single use plastics and keeping the environment safe

Importance of the Circular economy: In a traditional linear economy model, resources are extracted, made into  products and disposed of. A circular economy model may emphasize eliminating waste; increasing reuse, recycling and recovery of materials; reducing use of finite resources and shifting to renewable alternatives; and decreasing negative elements such as pollution