Plastic recycling in focus as treaty talks get under way in Paris

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debate is emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favouring recycling as the solution to plastic waste.

“We’re talking about redesign, and when we’re talking redesign, it’s everything that we need to do so that we use less plastic

13,000 chemicals associated with plastic production, more than 3,000 of which were considered hazardous...plastic recycling processes can release many of these chemicals including benzene into the environment

Qn: Should plastic be banned? (RI J2 Mid-yr 2023)