World Economic Forum: Targeting 10 per cent plastics reuse could halve ocean plastic waste

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Shifting away from single-use towards reuse models for plastic would drastically reduce plastic waste, report by the think tank finds

Reusing just 10 per cent of plastic products worldwide could halve the amount of plastic waste which ends up in the oceans each year, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). A report led by the...

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