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Environment & Energy

lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts) Fri Mar 2, 2018, 12:37 PM Mar 2018

Is there life after plastic? The new inventions promising a cleaner world

The Guardian

As the backlash against plastic waste grows, industry is replacing and redesigning single-use products, from recyclable bottles to biodegradable film.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/02/is-there-life-after-plastic-the-new-inventions-promising-a-cleaner-world

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Is there life after plastic? The new inventions promising a cleaner world (Original Post) lordsummerisle Mar 2018 OP

Good news, a little late, but a glimmer of hope? Canoe52 Mar 2018 #1

This is the only practical solution n2doc Mar 2018 #2

Canoe52

(2,948 posts)

1. Good news, a little late, but a glimmer of hope?

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Fri Mar 2, 2018, 12:47 PM

Mar 2018

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

2. This is the only practical solution

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Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:26 PM

Mar 2018

The amount of non-biodegradable plastic has to go to zero, or at least down to a point where it is easily recycled. When you have marine garbage patches the size of Texas, you can't just go out and pick it up.

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