Ugh! Just as we were starting to think we were moving away from plastics…
Global demand for petrochemical products is growing quickly as the world’s population expands and emerging economies build capacity.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the production of plastics has increased worldwide by more than tenfold since 1970, faster than the rate of growth of any other group of bulk materials and almost 60 percent faster than growth of gross domestic product (GDP). #abpoli