The plastics crisis: Are we investing in the right solutions?

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In order to invest in the solutions that can solve the plastics crisis, investors need to get to grips with the regulatory and societal pressures shaping the crisis, argues George Harding-Rolls from the Changing Markets Foundation

On its current trajectory - and without significant and coordinated action - the plastic pollution crisis is set to get much worse. Under a business-as-usual scenario, plastic production will triple by...

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