Question

Why are petroleum products considered a non -renewable and non recyclable resources

Answer 1

This recycle pile is a small amount of the previously non-recyclable plastic waste, including juice pouches, candy wrappers and plastic dinnerware, that Dow helped turn into fuel. Image: Dow Packaging and Specialty PlasticsOver the past few decades, recycling programs have expanded both in terms of communities served and what items can be recycled. Yet, despite progress, approaches to integrated waste management have only begun to evolve.

“While production and consumption are still dominated by a linear model, where goods are manufactured from raw materials, sold, used and then discarded, the growing population of middle-class consumers has created a rise in demand for good that’s challenging the sustainability of this system,” says Jeff Wooster, Global Sustainability Leader at Dow Chemical Company.

Today, the concept of a “circular economy” is rapidly capturing attention as a way to reconcile economic growth with environmental responsibility. “In fact, circular supply chains that increase the rate of recycling, reuse and remanufacture have the potential to generate more than $1 trillion a year by 2025,” says Wooster.