Management and Sustainability Analysis of Plastic Collective

Management and
Sustainability analysis of
plastic collective

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
1. Background and importance of the Plastic collective and the Australian & international
business landscape..................................................................................................................1
2. Demonstrate of the Body of Knowledge: Research, analysis & discussion of Sustainability
related strategies & issues......................................................................................................3
3. Analyse of the situation: relate analysis to sustainability practices of the Plastic collective..4
4. Make recommendations and conclusions based on analysis for future strategies which
management should engage....................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
It is no surprise that countries such as US, UK and Australia are considered to be the
most developed & wealthy ones and produces most of the wastes. The average plastic
consumption rate per person per year in these countries is about 50-70 kg. Plastic collective
business was started by Louise Hardman, based on 3 fundamental pillars which will be discussed
further. Prevention of plastic leaking into the environment is considered as their mission.
This report will investigate background & importance of the plastic collective.
Afterwards, it will show strategies & issues. Further, it will relate analysis to sustainability
practices and explain the case & synthesis with the theory.
1. Background and importance of the Plastic collective and the Australian & international
business landscape.
Years ago, there was a Zoologist /Chemistry teacher whose name was Louise Hardman.
Her purpose was to stop plastics that enters the sea after she witnessed a small turtle which has a
painful death from eating plastics hidden in the sea plants. She started by providing simple
machines to islands & remote communities that can reorganise the plastics and convert it into
practical & useful items. Moreover, she started operating workshops related to transforming
plastic waste and know your plastic seminars, as she created the Plastic collective business.
(Baumgartner, 2014).
It has been determined that, the Plastic collective solution is based on three pillars. First
is empowering people with knowledge, second is innovating new designs and materials and third
is developed with practical & authentic tools & machinery. It also established the Plastic Neutral
Certification for businesses or firms, where they can balance the amount of plastic which they
utilise through direct sponsorship of a Shruder program. The program provides communities an
end-to-end solution for recycling in order to create valuable plastic end product in form of
chopped raw materials. Delivering the Shruder program to the 4000 remote communities is the
goal of Plastic Collective as waste collection there is mostly unreal.
Importance of the Plastic collective:
 It cut down the usage of natural resources: Through plastic collective, plastic gets
recycle through which need of making more plastic can be reduced, as more energy is
required to make new plastics, rather than the process of recycling. Furthermore, it
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