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The world is consuming more efficiently, but still using more stuff. More-concerted efforts to change both consumer and producer behaviour are needed. The world is consuming more efficiently, but still using more stuff. More-concerted efforts to change both consumer and producer behaviour are needed.
Governments and companies planning to pursue the circular economy need to involve scientists more directly, states a new report published by the International Society for Industrial Ecology, and led by UCL’s Dr Stijn van Ewijk.
A study by Swiss researchers has found that coal-based impacts from plastics production have quadrupled since 1995.
A new study finds that the global carbon footprint of plastics has doubled since 1995. It now represents 4.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
After analysing the global plastics value chain, ETH researchers have revealed that the impact of plastics on climate and health is bigger than originally thought due to the increased use of coal ...