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Plastic pollution and climate change are orthogonal issues. The latter is much more immediate and serious. The former, we're not even sure how much of an issue is it.


No, rules that require the use of disposable plastic pollution on multiple levels (distribution and manufacturing) contribute towards climate change.

Reduce, reuse and recycle.

Not disposable masks to go inside!


Again: problem with plastic pollution isn't climate-related, it's about (hypothetical! [0]) food chain poisoning. Disposable plastics are just a tiny fraction of petrochemical industry's emissions.

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[0] - That is, we know the compounds get into the food chain, but in most cases we don't know what, if any, negative impact it has on living things.




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