Yes, if landfill leak prevention fails to scale upwards in concert with production. If plastic production is to increase 30% in a single year, while landfill te

Yes, if landfill leak prevention fails to scale upwards in concert with production. If plastic production is to increase 30% in a single year, while landfill technology presumably will not advance leak prevention by that degree, then it takes 23% fewer landfills leaking to pollute the environment by the same amount. If plastic production incurred sufficient investment in landfill technology to shrink leakage by 23% in that year of 30% growth, then at least it would be neutral rather than bad. (Napkin math caveat applies!)