Plastics Use Growing, Problems Mounting

Several reports and studies highlighted the problems linked to the plastic industry and plastic pollution in 2021.

Google released a report showing that a “status quo” plastic industry would result in 7.7 gigatons of plastic waste ending up in landfills, incinerated, or polluting the environment by year 2040. Read the Google report here.

Beyond Plastics published a study predicting that greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production will overtake those from coal powerplants by 2030. You can read more, and access the report here.

The American Chemical Society said that about 24% of the 10,400 chemicals identified in plastics are potentially toxic.

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