Plastics Manufacturers Told: Clean Up Your Mess
Since industrial-scale production of plastics began in the 1950s, the world has produced 8.3 billion tonnes of the fossil fuels-based substance, according to a 2017 study by Science Advances, an open-source journal published by the Science family of publications. Of that, 6.3 billion has turned into plastic waste, according to the study.
That 8.3 billion…
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