Better product design and recycling can curb plastic waste

World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Plastics & Pollution

Better product design and recycling can curb plastic waste
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About 11m tonnes of plastic enter the seas each year, and without drastic action this amount could nearly triple by 2040. Most plastic packaging is used only once, and just 14% is collected for recycling every year, with tens of billions of dollars’ worth of plastic packaging material lost to the economy.

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