The First Step in Managing Plastic Waste Is Measuring It – Here’s How We Did It for One Caribbean Country

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By The ConversationJan 18, 2020, 3:56 pm557 ptsHot
By Clyde Eiríkur Hull and Eric Williams Countries around the world throw away millions of tons of plastic trash every year. Finding ways to manage plastic waste is daunting even for wealthy nations, but for smaller and less-developed countries it can be overwhelming. We recently carried out a study for the…

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