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Ditch the plastic water bottles — and six other ways to reduce your plastic consumption. (Getty Creative) (yuanyuan yan via Getty Images) By now you are probably aware that plastic is a problem.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Nature wraps bananas and oranges in peels. But in some modern supermarkets, they're bagged or wrapped in plastic too. For Judith Enck, that's the epitome of pointless plastic.
Plastic production continues to ramp up globally and is projected to triple by 2050 if nothing changes. Most of it is made from fossil fuels and chemicals. As the world transitions away from using fossil fuels for electricity and transportation, plastics offer a lifeboat for oil and gas companies as a market that can grow.
The goal of the movement is to avoid sending trash to landfills, incinerators, oceans, or any other part of the environment. Currently 9% of global plastic is recycled. [1] In a zero waste system, all materials are reused until the optimum level of consumption is reached.
Gen Z has been heralded as being more invested in environmental issues. But a discussion with 'green' youths suggests the plastic habit may be hard to break.
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. [1] [2] Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized by size into micro-, meso-, or macro debris. [3]
The Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) is an advocacy group and social movement organization which seeks to reduce plastic pollution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] PPC operates under the fiscal sponsorship of the umbrella organization Earth Island Institute .
Countries can also avoid the ballooning costs of plastic pollution’s impact on human health and the environment, conservatively estimated by the United Nations Environment Programme at nearly ...