A new study shows that replacing plastics with alternatives would be “worse for greenhouse gas emissions in most cases.”
Maybe we should have done this math before making such major social changes!? Here’s more from Natali Morris on Redacted News.
There’s no doubting that plastic has revolutionized our planet. It’s cheap, durable and expendable. But although we reap the benefits of plastic, it’s long-term effect on our future is dismal. In this edition of MinuteEarth, Henry Reich says that once plastic is dumped in our oceans, it doesn’t go away. “Which is why we’ve found micro-plastics pretty much everywhere in the oceans, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the sea floor to the surface.”
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