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…Expand
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