The pollution of terrestrial and aquatic systems by the plastics that humans consume and whose waste we do not manage well, is one of those environmental problems that we already measure in millions of tons: every year, more than 20 million tons of plastic (the equivalent of 1,770 truckloads every day) are dumped into nature. The scenarios proposed for the coming decades point to a considerable increase in these discharges into the environment if the problem is not solved. And to address it, more and more experts are only considering one solution: stopping the production of plastic, a derivative of petroleum, which is itself one of the fossil fuels responsible for the climate crisis.
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