World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out of Plastics Crisis, Report Warns

ENN
Aug 14, 2025, 1:25 pm118 pts
The 8 billion tons of plastic waste that have amassed on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report published in the leading medical journal The Lancet.

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