Strategies to reduce the global carbon footprint of plastics
@article{Zheng2019StrategiesTR, title={Strategies to reduce the global carbon footprint of plastics}, author={Jiajia Zheng and Sangwon Suh}, journal={Nature Climate Change}, year={2019}, volume={9}, pages={374-378} }
Over the past four decades, global plastics production has quadrupled1. [] Key Method Here, we compile a dataset covering ten conventional and five bio-based plastics and their life-cycle GHG emissions under various mitigation strategies. Our results show that the global life-cycle GHG emissions of conventional plastics were 1.7 Gt of CO2-equivalent (CO2e) in 2015, which would grow to 6.5 GtCO2e by 2050 under the current trajectory. However, aggressive application of renewable energy, recycling and demand…
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