The Plastic Industry’s Latest Delay Tactic: “Plastic Offsets”
It’s modeled on carbon offsets. It has a lot of the same problems.
In depth article in the New Republic on the rise of 'Plastics Offsets', instead of researching plastics alternatives and reducing plastics production.
Well worth reading.
https://newrepublic.com/article/181204/plastic-offsets-credits-recycling
#plastics #PlasticsCrisis #PlasticsOffsets #offsets #plasticsTreaty
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