In the time it takes you to read this sentence — say, four seconds — the world produces nearly 60 metric tons of plastic, almost entirely out of fossil fuels. That’s about 53,000 metric tons an hour, 1.3 million metric tons a day, or 460 million metric tons a year.
Here's How the Plastic Industry Thinks We Can Solve the Waste Crisis
A deep dive into the petrochemical industry's proposals for the global plastics treaty.
Joseph Winters
https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-the-plastic-industry-thinks-we-can-solve-the-1851572535