In EU, 40% of energy from oil and gas goes plastic packaging production
BFFP and CIEL say this contributes to the European Union's energy crisis.
A new report by Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), "Winter is Coming: Plastic Must Go," claims that plastics and petrochemicals are the biggest industrial consumers of oil, gas, and electricity in the EU:
"Almost 40% of this energy goes to the production of plastic packaging alone. Not including this sector in the "Save Gas for a Safer Winter" plan is a serious oversight. While families and small businesses face a sharp rise in electricity bills, the petrochemical industry spends limited resources on producing unnecessary single-use plastic. It contributes to the EU energy crisis," says Delphine Lévi-Alvarès, European coordinator of the international movement "Break Free From Plastic."
All this confirms that even with the reduction in the use of gas and oil by consumers, the introduction of new restrictions, such as turning off the lighting of billboards at night, the insane amount of gas and oil is consumed by industrial enterprises that manufacture plastic packaging.
