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Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics

GreenBiz

Similar national plastics pacts are at play in Chile, France, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa and the United Kingdom. CLOs have to keep up with a rapidly evolving patchwork of state laws governing plastic use and disposal, driven by activists, regulators and consumers. Chief legal officers . Chief marketing officers.

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Where there's hope for speeding up business action on plastics

Business Green

Similar national plastics pacts are at play in Chile, France, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa and the United Kingdom. CLOs have to keep up with a rapidly evolving patchwork of state laws governing plastic use and disposal, driven by activists, regulators and consumers. Chief legal officers. Chief marketing officers.

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Much too little, far too late: The UK must phase out single-use plastics before 2042

Business Green

Of the plastic waste we generate, at least eight million tons up in our ocean every year, and it is estimated that the seas now contain about 51 trillion microplastic particles - 500 times more than stars in our galaxy. This is too little, too late. Coral is 20 times more likely to become diseased upon coming into contact with plastics.