The last decade has seen a notable increase in public awareness of the severe impact created by the dumping of waste plastics in the environment. Images of trash covered beaches and videos of wildlife injured by plastic pollution have provided compelling visual evidence that our single-use economy is quite literally trashing our planet. Governments are starting to respond to the problem, with strategies ranging from plastic product bans to taxes, and technologies aimed at enabling circular plastics are coming to market. Enabling this transition to a circular economy requires the cooperation of the large chemical companies who make the vast majority of our plastics, and most are already on board.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentanalexander/2021/09/30/the-shortest-path-to-circular-plastics-is-through-the-chemical-companies/?sh=3d59d5864999