World Consumes 100 Billion Tons of Materials Every Year, Report Finds

Yale e360
Jan 24, 2020, 5:17 pm266 pts
The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100 billion tons every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled is falling. Read more on E360 →

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