A deep dive into the petrochemical industry's proposals for the global plastics treaty.
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. 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, or 460 million metric tons a year. Those numbers are fueling widespread and growing contamination of Earth’s oceans, rivers, and the terrestrial environment with plastic trash.
These ideas include using clear instead of colored plastics, limiting the use of unnecessary plastic wrap, and ensuring that any adhesives or inks applied to plastic packaging don’t render it nonrecyclable. Plastics Europe additionally supports technical and design standards for biodegradable and compostable plastics intended to replace those made from fossil fuels.
Ross Eisenberg Mccauley MBA Polymers Sam Pottinger Betsy Bowers Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory America’S Plastic Makers Pollution Zoie Diana Recycling Marine Plastic Pollution Environment Plastic Pollution Biodegradable Plastic Anthropocene Douglas Mccauley Joe Biden American Chemistry Council Bjorn Beeler Jan Dell Electronic Waste Jorge Emmanuel Gizmodo
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