What the latest research and news shows is that after the pandemic, everything will be produced in plastic.
The chaos caused by the Corona virus has attracted the attention of people all over the world to prevent their own health and safety at home.
Masks, clothes, gloves, thermometers and "antivirus" products are mostly made of plastic material, as well as their packaging. Products that have been increasingly sought after and consumed by people in search of protection.
But in addition, in order to function, bars, restaurants, offices and other establishments, abuse the use of certain plastics to cover from elevator buttons to door handles in order to avoid contagion.
The point is that many of these used plastics are difficult to recycle, as they obtain in their composition several types of plastics mixed with other materials.
The new demand challenges the industry, as well as Brazil, to increase its plastic recycling capacity to keep up with the increase in material consumption.
