Every year, the world makes more than 400 million tons of new plastic, and that could grow by about 70% by 2040 without policy changes. About 100 countries want to limit production.
The final decision, or lack there of, underscored the influence of the United States and other oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia, which opposed any limit on the productions of plastics, made mostly from fuels like oil and gas.
Not that anyone should have expected anything different, but we can’t even get a future limit on the amount of plastic produced
More positive selective pressure for microbial catabolic pathways?
For their part, representatives from plastics industry, heavily criticized in recent years, called for nations to compromise more to get a deal. The Global Partners for Plastics Circularity said governments must move past entrenched positions.
waaaa waaaaaaa you don’t want us fucking poisoning your peoples and their lands
This planet is fucked. And it’s fucked because of us, never forget that.
Humanity will be mostly dead within 3-4 generations, with only ourselves to blame. 😐
