Non-profit organisation Plastic Bank has created a shopping bag for UK retailer M&S that is made from 75% recycled plastic. The bag uses waste that is collected, sorted and shredded in Haiti and the Philippines and then sent to Vietnam, where the bags are manufactured. Plastic Bank aims to encourage people in Manila to take waste plastic to any of its 36 recycling centres by offering either cash or blockchain digital tokens. In addition to being able to buy products with plastic, customers can also use their mobile phones as payment at participating stores.
Non-profit organisation Plastic Bank has created a shopping bag for UK retailer M&S that is made from 75% recycled plastic. The bag uses waste that is collected, sorted and shredded in Haiti and the Philippines and then sent to Vietnam, where the bags are manufactured. Plastic Bank aims to encourage people in Manila to take waste plastic to any of its 36 recycling centres by offering either cash or blockchain digital tokens. The shopping bags are part of M&S's bid to be a zero-waste enterprise by 2025.