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I think you are talking about two different environmental issues. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the Paris Agreement covers climate change, carbon emissions
by andrew_eit 6y ago
I think you are talking about two different environmental issues.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the Paris Agreement covers climate change, carbon emissions, energy production, etc.
The topic of single-use plastics, while related to sustainability, covers an entirely different emerging issue, namely: the infiltration of micro-plastics into our environment.
Besides the environmental effects that microplastics already seem to have, such as hindering plant growth [1], microplastics are also entering the food chain, and making their way back to us. The long-term affects are as far as I know, quite unknown.
[1] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b01339 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b01339