Recycling mismanaged plastic waste in South and Southeast Asia could reduce GHG emissions by 229 million tonnes::New research shows recycling all mismanaged plastic waste in South and Southeast Asia could reduce GHG emissions by 229 million tonnes.

  • @LetMeEatCake
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    1 year ago

    This would be good, and mitigating climate change is going to require a solution by a thousand cuts.
    To put the 230 megatons in context, global CO2 emissions in 2022 are estimated at ~40 gigatons, and total GHG emissions at ~50 gigatons. This would represent a ~0.5% reduction in emissions. Not bad at all, all told.

    • @inspxtr
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      11 year ago

      do you know how to estimate the costs for implementation for these countries?