May 24, 2024
Plastics can be a carbon sink but only under stringent conditions

Plastics can be a carbon sink but only under stringent conditions

Nature, Published online: 07 December 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-04164-8

Modelling reveals that the carbon emissions associated with plastics could be negative by 2100 under a strict set of technological and socio-economic conditions — including increased recycling and plant-derived production.

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