The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted to the federal government last week that called for a national strategy to tackle the growing crisis.
Overall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons (MMT) in plastic waste in 2016 — more than twice as much as China and more than the countries of the European Union combined, unveiled a recent report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and…
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