20 May 2019 --- The production and incineration of plastics will add more than 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere in 2019 alone – equal to the pollution caused by 189 coal-fired power plants. That is according to a new report: Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet. To avoid these emissions, the study authors are calling for an end to single-use plastics, a discontinuation of new oil, gas and petrochemical infrastructure and the implementation of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme.
