ACC and TRUCOST report July 2016 - Plastics and Sustainability

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ACC and TRUCOST report July 2016 - Plastics and Sustainability

Plastics and Sustainability: A Valuation of Environmental Benefits, Costs and Opportunities for Continuous Improvement, American Chemistry Council and Trucost report, July 2016.

After, "Valuing Plastics" (2014) by Trucost and "The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics" (2016) by the Word Economic Forum, Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey & Company, this new report by Trucost and ACC compares the environmental cost of using plastics to alternative materials.

They say that the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is four time less than if plastics were replaced with alternative materials:

http://saudigazette.com.sa/business/environmental-cost-plastics-4x-less-alternative-materials/

 

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