David Sacerdote on Nostr: Making plastic is the oil industry's exit strategy. Burning it creates incredible air ...
Making plastic is the oil industry's exit strategy. Burning it creates incredible air pollution, and recycling it is sufficiently low-value that people burn it just to be rid of the stuff.
It's well past time to limit plastic manufacturing.
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