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Footnote 346 / The True Cost of Plastic

  • ---. “More Plastic Is On the Way: What It Means for Climate Change”. State of the Planet, Columbia University Climate School, 20 Feb. 2020, https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2020/02/20/plastic-production-climate-change/.
  • ---. “The Search for Greener Ethylene”. Chemical & Engineering News, vol. 99, no. 9, Mar. 2021, https://cen.acs.org/business/petrochemicals/search-greener-ethylene/99/i9.
  • Brown, Natalia. “How Plastics Contribute to Climate Change”. Debris Free Oceans, 5 Oct. 2019, https://debrisfreeoceans.org/how-plastics-contribute-to-climate-change.
  • Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, Executive Summary. Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), May 2019, https://www.ciel.org/project-update/plastic-climate-the-hidden-costs-of-a-plastic-planet/.
  • Staley, Samantha. “The Link Between Plastic Use and Climate Change: Nitty-Gritty”. Stanford Magazine, vol. Online Exclusive, Dec. 2009, https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-link-between-plastic-use-and-climate-change-nitty-gritty.
  • “U.S. Plastic Sales & Captive Use Total by Resin 2019”. Statista, 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/622845/total-plastics-sales-and-captive-use-in-the-united-states-by-resin/.
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