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According to OECD data, the United States generates the most plastics waste per head of any nation -- some 220 kilograms per capita, 1.75 times the developed economies' average…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271660
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Waste management policies at the US state and federal level lag those in both the United Kingdom and EU and the measures now under consideration will do little to close that gap.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260306
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The bill contains pledges to study the problem of plastics needs versus environmental risks posed, but few solid commitments to policy change adequate to meet the plastics waste…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250122
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Unlike earlier booms based on exploiting new fields, US producers are raising production by adopting new technologies, process efficiencies, economies of scale and financial…