Growing in use, plastic credits face rising criticism

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By Andrew KaminskyJun 12, 2025, 5:00 am86 pts
Trading in plastic credits has emerged as an option to offset businesses’ plastic footprints, but experts say that companies should focus on reducing plastic production before pointing to credit purchases as their way of confronting the plastic pollution crisis. One plastic credit represents one metric ton of…

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