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NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Some of the world’s biggest consumer companies are boasting a new environmental claim: net zero plastics, or “plastic neutral,” by which they mean their businesses don’t add to plastic pollution. Like the more familiar “carbon neutral,” it’s not as simple as it sounds, because of course companies haven’t wiped plastic from […]
Some of the world’s biggest consumer companies are boasting a new environmental claim: net zero plastics, or “plastic neutral,” by which they mean their businesses don’t add to plastic pollution.
Two groups that want reduced plastics production published a report Friday, November 17, 2023, highly critical of plastic credits, calling them a flawed tool that won't help with worldwide pollution from the material.
Plastic credits: A flawed tool for reducing pollution, say environmental groups | Read the critical report on plastic credits by Break Free From Plastic and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. Find out why they argue that plastic credits are ineffective and amount to corporate greenwashing. Learn about the serious flaws in financing, transparency, and auditing, and the concerns about substituting one form of pollution for another. Discover the perspectives of plastic credit proponents and opponents in this comprehensive analysis.