Plastic-free living is rising up the agenda as the human race gets to grips with the threat of the climate crisis. But who’s really leading the charge for change - consumers or business?

It all begins with an idea. The solution to going plastic free is Rubik’s Cube-like in its complexity. This is in no small part dictated by a firmly entrenched UK supply chain. The industry is a dominant player worldwide in the three core elements that make up the plastics sector: material and additive manufacture, material processing and machinery manufacture.