Here's How the Plastic Industry Thinks We Can Solve the Waste Crisis

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 10:53

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In the time it takes you to read this sentence — say, four seconds — the world produces nearly 60 metric tons of plastic, almost entirely out of fossil fuels. That’s about 53,000 metric tons an hour, 1.3 million metric tons a day,…

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Here's How the Plastic Industry Thinks We Can Solve the Waste Crisis