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    • Jun 5, 2022
    • 4 min read

Life Of Plastic: Produced In Five Seconds, Used For Five Minutes, Broken Down In 500 Years

More than 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash call the oceans home


Sustainability, Environment, Economy, Decarbonization, Global Warming, Climate Change, Sustainable Business, Climate Adaptation, Climate Resilience, Climate Action, Climate Plan, Plastic, Plastic Pollution, Environmental Crisis, Waste, Plastic Waste, Plastic Pact, The SustainabilityX® Magazine

 

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While policymakers, economists, and corporate leaders around the world try to grapple with brainstorming exactly how to transition away from a linear economy towards a circular economy, no one has seemed to come up with a solution to one of the worst materials ever created: plastic. Packaging is the largest end-use market segment accounting for just over 40% of total plastic usage.

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