Reinventing Plastics (free special issue on plastics & plastic pollution)

Once perceived as a symbol of modernity, plastics have been the subject of a rapid and profound global challenge in recent years, particularly because of ocean pollution.

"9 billion tons of plastic accumulated since 1950, only 9% of plastic is recycled, 150 million tons of plastic waste in the oceans, 100% of the Mediterranean Sea polluted by plastics... "

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https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2019/03/Reinventing%20Plastics%20-%20Veolia%20Institute%202019.pdf