In the UK, it’s estimated that 46% of plastic waste ends up being incinerated. When it burns, plastic releases greenhouse gases. It’s similar in other countries.
To combat this we need to recycle as much as possible. But the bags we use for recycling are usually plastic.
In 2019, the CIEL estimated that production and incineration of plastic would add 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere – equivalent to 189 coal-fired power plants. By 2050 this could rise to 2.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide per year – or 615 coal plants’ worth.
World Economic Forum
You can fight all of these problems by switching to plastic-free carbon negative garbage (bin) bags.
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