It becomes increasingly clear that our plastic production habits are a significant contributor, as we peer into the abyss of environmental crises. Exacerbating climate change, the production of new plastic, a process reliant on fossil fuels, emits copious amounts greenhouse gases, . Nearly 400 million tons of new plastic are created , each year, much of which  will take hundreds of years to decompose , if at all. So we could shift our focus from producing new plastics to effectively  recycling existing ones. Recycling old plastic not only reduces waste but also uses less energy compared to  manufacturing new plastic.  … Continue reading Petrochemical Peril: From Plastic Dependence to a Circular Economy