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dontpet t1_j4mq6ui wrote

Hopefully the projected growth in the plastics industry doesn't undermine our aspirations. This says it might triple and that will be an awful lot of emissions. https://www.oecd.org/environment/global-plastic-waste-set-to-almost-triple-by-2060.htm

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ten-million t1_j4pkfzm wrote

I had a thought the other day that might be completely wrong. In terms of CO2 production maybe plastics aren't that bad. Better to make something durable out of oil than to burn it. But then there is all the plastic waste and micro plastics everywhere.

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