Beyond Plastics: The Myths and Truths About Recycling
B the Change
OCTOBER 8, 2022
Advocating for Improved Packaging and Other Potential Solutions The pervasiveness of plastic has become a global concern. An estimated 242 million metric tons of it is generated every year, and the United States is one of the top generators. While recycling sounds like a simple solution, it’s not. Plastic recycling has proven to be ineffective, as evidenced by a shocking statistic from Our World in Data : Out of the 5.8 billion metric tons of plastic waste generated between 1950 and 2015, only a
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