Breaking our unyielding addiction to plastics is easier said than done

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Breaking our unyielding addiction to plastics is easier said than done - Business Standard

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Most would argue that Japan and South Korea have comparable living standards to the US, but the latter consumes two-and-a-half times as much plastics per capita.

Support for waste management in fast-growing emerging economies will have the largest bearing on on marine pollution.

Hard evidence of the harm this causes is scant, but the pathways are well understood — from toxic additives that can be leached out over time, to pollutants absorbed in the environment the way static picks up dust, and then released deep inside the body.