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Earth's Plastic Problem

By Adam Furgang

Book information

Publisher
Inc, The Rosen Publishing Group
Year
2021
ISBN
9781725323186, 7851145488, 2019052501, 9781725323148, 9781725323179, 9781725323155
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
18 MB (18638513 bytes)
Series
Spotlight On Global Issues
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-01-23 04:07:11
Nature; Science; Young Adult Nonfiction; YAN050080

Description

In 1907, a chemist named Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic plastic. In the little more than 100 years since, plastic has benefited humanity even while we polluted Earth with it. During the 1950s, plastic production rapidly increased and since then, people have created billions of tons of plastic. Millions of tons of plastic enter the world's fragile oceans and ecosystems every year. This informative book examines the globally significant plastic pollution problem, how it became so bad, and the steps that governments, activists, and young people are taking to demand change.

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