Study: Plastics reduce environmental impact

Written on 29th July 2016. Posted in Featured, News.

Study: Plastics reduce environmental impact. By Gayle S. Putrich posted on PlasticsNews.com

There isn’t a single person in the plastics industry who hasn’t been regularly bombarded with concerns from all sides about the environmental costs of plastic production and use.

But a new study takes some of the sting out, finding the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than replacing plastics with alternative materials.

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