Getting rid of plastic.

PositionTRENDS & TRANSITIONS - Brief Article

Americans discarded some 1.4 million tons of plastic products containing polyvinyl chloride in 2001. More than two-thirds of it was plastic bottles and wrap that disintegrate quickly. Environmentalists are worried that PVC plastic thrown in municipal waste dumps are leaching toxic additives into groundwater and releasing toxins into the air when burned.

PERCENTAGE OF DISPOSED PVC PRODUCTS (BY WEIGHT) Durable...

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