Paul Dawson
4y ago
Thinking about climate change solutions
Plastics are fossil fuels.
The petrochemical industry plans to spend over $400 billion over the next 5 years to expand capacity.
The market is driving this reckless expansion.
We need governments to tell the market that this won't be profitable. 🧵👇
Only 7% of plastics are recycled.
40% end up in rivers or the ocean.
The rest are incinerated or end up in landfills.
Recently, I wrote about how we could use the tax system to create demand for waste plastic and eliminate the demand for virgin plastic.
https://twitter.com/PaulEDawson/status/1482849359012192257
The plastics industry will use 19% of the 1.5C carbon budget remaining by 2040.
70-80% of the population want radical action to reduce single-use plastics.
It's time for governments to act.
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