Treating plastic waste is an energy-intensive process, creating 193 Mt CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year. That’s more than the annual emissions of two Belgiums! These emissions are projected to increase despite improvements in waste management. But plastics don’t only create emissions at the end of their life. Plastic is created from oil and gas and 90% of GHG emissions actually occur at the production stage.
Petrochemicals, Plastic Production & the EU Climate Agenda Panel Talk
The panel session was held as part of the October 2020 Writing the New Story of Plastic Virtual Conference with #breakfreefromplastic. The panel features: MEP Martin Hojsík, Kingsmill Bond of Carbon Tracker, Sam Van den plas of Carbon Market Watch and facilitator Lisa Tostado of Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union.
Avoid the ‘mass balance approach’ to block ambitions for increased recycled content in plastics
Determining recycled content with the ‘mass balance approach’
Understanding the Environmental Impacts of Chemical Recycling – Ten concerns with existing life cycle assessments
Writing the new story of plastic virtual conference graphic recordings
During our virtual conference we asked Carlotta Cataldi to capture our petrochemicals, waste trade and global plastic treaty panel talks.