Could Plastic Pollution Be Our Climate Saviour?
New technology may turn the tide on our plastic apocalypse
Humanity has created a monster. It is poisoning our oceans, destroying our wildlife and infiltrating our bodies. I am, of course, talking about plastic pollution. This miracle material has helped usher in our modern world, but it has cost the Earth, dearly. If we don’t do something to stop the flood of plastic we could soon face an ecological catastrophe. Incredibly, thanks to a revolutionary new technology, we can now use the plastic plague to fight climate change. But how? And will it be enough?
Before diving into this wonderful technology we first need to understand just how much plastic pollution there is. Overall there are around 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste globally! That includes the stuff in landfills and the 5.25 billion pieces of micro and macro plastics currently in our ocean. However, this number grows each year as we are producing over 400 million tonnes of plastic per year.
But this plastic doesn’t just sit about harmlessly. We have all seen the images of wildlife being literally strangled by plastic waste, but that isn’t their…
