GreenBiz photocollage via Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic, economic decline, inequality and race relations, and climate change have collectively moved the growing plastic waste crisis out of the priority inbox. To a degree, this is the inevitable consequence of limited political bandwidth to address multiple crises. Beyond the political realm, there are deep fault lines in how businesses, governments and non-government organizations have conceptualized and organized plastic waste solutions. The global burden of plastic waste continues to escalate even to the point of requiring a redefinition of its sources and scale. Consider these facts: The global burden of plastic waste continues to escalate even to the point of requiring a redefinition of its sources and scale.