World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
Countries must curb production now and tackle plastic’s full life cycle, says Norwegian minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim ahead of key UN talks this week
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That'll be a change from the past 30 years where we've merely been unwilling to cope with the volume of plastic waste.
7 0 ReplyYou'll be able to walk to Russia on the plastic bridge from Alaska, good times ahead!
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naturejab_ aka julian brown is making strides with his microwave pyrolysis plastic into gasoline rig. it's been giving me a little bit of hope lately.
2 0 ReplyIt's a complex hydrocarbon. Shred it, heat it up, and feed it in the front end of a refinery.
2 0 Replyproduces insane loads of toxins. 1/4 get cancer near the facilities or some such crazy statistic
1 0 ReplyUnfortunately it tends to get uncontrollably dispersed in the environment before.
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