![]() ![]() You should give the story a read for an outlook on the problem, and what it might take to fix it. I was thinking about this as I read this gripping feature story on plastics by Douglas Main, which was published last week online and is the cover story for our upcoming magazine issue. They account for about 3.4% of global greenhouse-gas emissions-more than the entire aviation industry. ![]() Plastics are a big, and quickly growing, problem for the climate. We’ve all seen the images that illustrate the scale of the challenge facing us with plastic waste: a sea turtle eating a plastic bag, people walking through mountains of bottles, and even illustrations showing the sheer size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.īut there’s an often-overlooked angle to all this that goes beyond the landfill. There, I found it: the most uncontroversial thing I could possibly say to start a newsletter. ![]()
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