Toward a circular economy for plastics

Eleni Iacovidou; Roland Geyer; Julia Kalow; James Palardy; Jennifer Dunn; Timothy Hoellein; Boya Xiong; Eugene Y.X. Chen

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2021.04.023

Toward a circular economy for plastics

Eleni Iacovidou, Roland Geyer, Julia Kalow, James Palardy, Jennifer Dunn, Timothy Hoellein, Boya Xiong, Eugene Y.X. Chen

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Reversing the extraordinary growth in the production and accumulation of primary plastics in the environment will require collaboration across research disciplines and scales—from the chemical building blocks to product life cycles, producer and consumer incentives, and waste management.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	591-594
Number of pages	4
Journal	One Earth
Volume	4
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.04.023
State	Published - May 21 2021

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