With growing concerns around the globe due to rapidly increasing plastic pollution, governments and global companies are quickly finding solutions to this growing problem. Every hour almost 55 million plastic bottles are sold. Plastics found in these bottles are petroleum based and are made of our limited fossil fuels. However being cheap, lightweight, and, easily manufactured makes most companies turn a blind eye to the fact that most of these plastics are neither recycled nor reused. As of right now, only a mere 9% of all the plastic every made has been recycled, with a slightly larger portion incarnated and the rest dumped in landfills ultimately finding their way to our oceans. Global companies such as PepsiCo, the world’s second largest plastic polluter, are finding ways to reinvent their packaging by utilising recycled plastic instead of virgin plastic. However what if we can replace plastic all together and introduce environmental friendly options like Hemp.

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