Just 20 Companies Are Responsible for Over Half of 'Throwaway' Plastic Waste, Study Says – NBC New York
The study says 20 petrochemical companies are responsible for 55% of the worlds single-use plastic waste. The findings were published by the Minderoo Foundation, one of Asias largest philanthropies. The research was conducted by academics from the London School of Economics, the Stockholm Environment Institute, Wood Mackenzie, among others. U.S. energy giant ExxonMobiltops the list, contributing 5.9 million metric tons to global plastic waste, closely followed by U.S. chemicals company Dow and ...
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