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About six percent of the world’s oil is currently used to produce plastic. But plastic production is set to quadruple by 2050, at which point it will account for 20 percent of oil consumption and 15 percent of the global annual carbon budget that must be respected if there is any hope of preventing global temperatures from rising by more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Efficiency gains, lifestyle changes and tough regulations are needed to address plastic waste.
Miracle To Menace To The Editor: The proliferation of plastics in our modern lives has turned this miracle material of convenience into a menace. The challenge becomes how to tame a monster that seems so essential to our daily lives; yet threatens to “wash up on our beaches and into animals’ mouths and our own
Co-Located with WasteExpo, the Program Takes Place June 30 in Las Vegas...
Co-Located with WasteExpo, the Program Takes Place June 30 in Las Vegas