Causes Photo by tanvi sharma on Unsplash Australia’s annual plastic consumption produces emissions equivalent to 5.7m cars, analysis shows The plastics consumed yearly by Australians have a greenhouse emissions impact equivalent to 5.7m cars – more than a third of the cars on Australia’s roads, new analysis suggests.
Solutions ensia.com Less than 10% of all plastic trash has been recycled. Is this the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for? A process known as chemical recycling offers a promising way to turn used products into new ones with a minimum of waste.
Causes www.alleghenyfront.org Video: As the world grapples with plastic pollution, Pennsylvania's ethane cracker promises more plastic How does ethane from natural gas get turned into plastic and what could happen to all of that plastic? Our video explains.
