7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling)
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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling)
Many people think that the way to stop plastic pollution is to stop using plastic entirely. But this is an unlikely – and undesirable – solution. Thankfully, we have the tools we need to solve it. Many countries have implemented them already.
Hannah Ritchie • Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
"You might presume, then, that this means our broader appetite for minerals is diminishing. Not a bit of it. For it turns out oil and other fossil fuels have only ever represented a fraction of the total mass of resources we’re extracting from the earth. For every tonne of fossil fuels, we exploit 6 tonnes of other materials – mostly sand and
... See moreBy contrast, reusable metal straws and canvas bags require something like 10-100x the energy and materials to manufacture, and need regular cleaning so they don’t spread diseases. So unless you use them many times, they end up being worse for the environment.