Building a circular economy for the future
Dealing with the world’s problem with waste has hit a critical point, and something drastic needs to be done about it which will have involve widespread systemic changes. In 2019, the world threw away around 300 million tons of plastic, which is nearly equivalent to the weight of the human population. Scientists expect there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050. One year’s electronic waste weighs in at more than 50 million tons. And while far too many people still go hungry,…