Tag: Recycling

  • Plastic pollution credits could be the new carbon offsets

    Plastic pollution credits could be the new carbon offsets

    Humanity has produced over 9.5 billion metric tons of plastic. That’s over one metric ton, aka 2,200 pounds, per each of the Earth’s 7.9 billion inhabitants. That plastic doesn’t go away. “All the plastic we’ve ever produced since the inception of the material is still here,” said David Katz, Founder and Chairman of Plastic Bank,…