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A Sea Full of Trash: Tackling the Plastic Problem

Vermont Law

To begin with, plastic manufacturing companies have little incentive to switch from oil-based polymers to more sustainable, biodegradable options, or to use recycled material. in the Amazon in 2012 that likes to dine on polyurethane without the need for oxygen.

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Opinion: The President’s Plastic Trigger

Circle of Blue

Two years after that, in the summer of 2024, President Joe Biden joined the campaign with a notable directive to federal agencies to replace plastic straws, cutlery, and packaging with those made from paper and other biodegradable materials. was plastic. Much of that market was supplied from China. Bans on plastic straws in the U.S.