Parameswaran Iyer writes: We need consumers to care about their role in the plastic waste value chain

Parameswaran Iyer writes: We need consumers to care about their role in the plastic waste value chain

During the pandemic, strides made over the last year in dealing with single-use plastic have suffered a setback

JULY 4, 2020 9:11:50 AM

If each of the 7.8 billion people around the world had to be inoculated, this would amount to an additional plastic consumption of 400 tonnes. Are we going to wait till the end of the pandemic to effectively dispose of plastic waste, or is the time now?