Editor's note: Allen Hershkowitz, PhD is a Ridgefield resident and Chairman & Founding Director at Sport and Sustainability International. He was a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council from 1988 to 2016 and is currently Environmental Science Advisor for The New York Yankees. Dr. Hershkowitz has an office at 90 Grove Street in Ridgefield. Today, Allen writes on the topic of bio-based options.
As we know, world leaders are gathering in Glasgow at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). They are convening to promote policy options and new targets for cutting global greenhouse gases to net-zero emissions by 2050.
With this goal in mind, it’s more urgent than ever for governments, businesses and consumers to focus on the greenhouse gas impacts related to the production, use and disposal of petrol-plastics. The plastics pollution crisis has captured the attention of consumers, businesses, and governments throughout the world, and for good reason: Plastics are the most ubiquitous form of litter on earth and managing discarded plastics is among the most difficult-to-solve “downstream” solid waste management challenges.
What is to be Done? Are Bio-Based Alternatives Better?
If a sustainable plastics industry does not exist, and it doesn’t, then it needs to be created. The growing interest in bio-based plastics is a promising and important step in that direction. If the root cause of the petrol-plastics crisis is the industry’s total reliance on petroleum and fossil-gas, then it’s logical to conclude that bio-based raw materials are the only currently viable raw material replacement for fossil fuel-based plastics.
Continue reading HERE to learn about bio-based alternatives and what Hershkowitz believes is the root cause of the plastics pollution crisis.
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