What We Can Do About All Our Plastic
1A by NPR | January 10, 2022
Plastic bags at the grocery store. Plastic utensils handed out with to-go orders. Plastic straws in fountain sodas. Plastic phone cases. We use a lot of plastic in our daily lives. But that reliance comes at a cost.
Very little of the plastic produced globally has been recycled. In fact, just 9 percent of virgin plastics made around the world have been repurposed.