POLYPROBLEM report: The Circularity Code

In the U.S. and the UK, the Scrapp app helps users find out which local garbage can to use to dispose their packaging waste. The Dutch app My Little Plastic Footprint helps consumers determine their plastic mass index, i.e., their personal plastic footprint, and suggests measures to actively reduce their plastic consumption in a fun way. Your voice in the stores People who are annoyed by all the unnecessary plastic packaging they see on supermarket shelves need no longer despair. Giving consumers a voice has been the aim of ReplacePlastic, an app that has helped consumers to express their desire for plastic-free packaging directly to companies since 2018. “The founding idea of our organization, Küste gegen Plastik e.V., was to combat the large amounts of plastic waste that wash up on the North Sea coast,” recalls Jennifer Timrott of the ReplacePlastic initiative. “During our campaigns, we quickly realized that collecting plastic waste was not enough and that we needed to call on producers to step up to their responsibility.” Hence, the ReplacePlastic app was born. Users can scan the plastic packaging of a product and send their feedback to the app operators, including suggestions for alternative, primarily reusable, packaging options. The app operators collect the user feedback over a one month period and then report it as a collective concern to the company that placed the item on the market. One requirement for this constructive feedback to be passed on is that at least 20 users must have scanned the same product packaging or that a period of one month must have passed since the last change request was submitted. Source: Reciclos Source: scrapprecycling Source: Raan Gruppe Reciclos-App RecycleMich-App Scrapp-App 18

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