Increasing Quantity of Recycling Plastic Usage to Meet Sustainable Issues in UK

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3
Plastic Usage................................................................................................................................3
Contribution of plastic towards environment..............................................................................4
Sustainability................................................................................................................................4
Importance of recycling procedure..............................................................................................5
Problems with respect to plastic wastage face by UK.................................................................7
Analysis of Clorox company in context of recycling plastic usage to meet sustainable issues in
UK................................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
STEEPLE analysis is one form of the most popular and simplex strategic management
method which helps in analysing external environmental factors which affects the growth and
performances of the organizations (Thiounn, 2020). To give a broader perception of this theme, a
study has been taken on the environmental factor whose topic is “Increasing quantity of
recycling plastic usage to meet sustainable issues in UK”. Plastic pollution issues are most
widespread problem faced by UK which effecting the overall environment and marine
environment as well. It threatens overall health issues such as ocean health, food safety and
quality, human health, tourism and contributes a lot to climate change. For studying this topic in
detail the report has been presented on Clorox company because it ensures more than 90% of its
products packaging are recyclable. Organization creates sustainability improvements to half of
its global products portfolio and eliminating PVC in all packagings (Faraca, Astrup, 2019).
The detailed analysis of studying this topic helps me in getting clear and advanced
knowledge about the measures taken by the company and the upcoming actions or activities
which will help the Clorox company in order to maintain and sustain minimum usage of plastic
wastage within the organization without affecting their workings because overall the products
offered by the company are plastic packaged and organization is totally depended upon plastic
packaging (Ragaert, 2020).
LITERATURE REVIEW
Plastic Usage
According to Wright (2017), plastic have transformed day to day life of each and every
person. The usage of plastic has been increasing day by day and production is also likely to
exceed by huge number by upcoming years. Plastics are low-budgeted, lightweight, powerful,
long-lasting, corroding tolerable material along with high thermal and insulation properties.
The diversity of polymers brings medical and technological advances which also helps in energy
savings and various other societal advantages. However, Van Emmerik (2020), critically
evaluated that Plastic usage brings out various concerns also about the usage and diverse disposal
which includes accumulation of waste in lowland, physical problems for wildlife, leaching of
chemicals from plastic products, etc.

Contribution of plastic towards environment
Dauvergne (2018), explained that plastic contributes in different ways to the building of
more sustainable society with regard to protecting food and help in reduced wastage of food
items, enable the light vehicles designing and insulating electrical cables for maximum
efficiency.
Raddadi (2019) argued that balancing of plastic production and its usage are the
problems created by various organizations. There are frequent reports has been shared found
untidy with plastics. Different images and videos shared through social media which shows sea
birds, dolphins and turtles entangled in plastics and even dead from ingesting them.
Sustainability
As per the view of Robinson (2019), sustainability encourages the organizations to make
judgement in terms of environmental, social and human impact for the extended term rather than
doing for brief span of time. It encourages the organization to consider more factors than simply
the immediate profit or loss incurred. Moreover, various companies have adopted measures to
have and attain sustainability goals such as zero wastage packaging commitment and reduce
overall emissions of the organizational wastage. Companies can attain their sustainable needs by
lower down the emission cost, cutting down the energy usage, sourcing products from ethical-
trade organization and ensures that the physical wastage of the organization will be disposed
off properly and with minimum carbon footprints as low as possible which effects the
environment in the less possible manner. Though sustainable manufacturing is often a tangled
process for the organizations but are highly important to adopt. Investors adjust their expectation
from the company in order to returns because the company that commits their actions towards
the sustainable development of resources may have more modest earnings which will definitely
results in their near future terms. Sustainability come out as a constituent of business firm morals
in response to detected public discontent over the long term damage caused by focusing on short
term profits.
Al-Mahmoud (2020) explained that most of the companies of UK has been criticized for
exploiting cost-cutting measures such as relocation of businesses production to obtain cheaper
labour. Most of the firms specially production of goods which use the plastic packaging have