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Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt (www.theguardian.com)
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SS: Single use plastics legislation and plastics treaties in the works could dramatically lower the amount of plastic products firms are allowed to produce in the near future.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It’s great that a treaty is in the works, and here’s hoping that something is agreed to and there is progress, however small… but the headline using terms like “a juddering halt” is quite hyperbolic given the context of what is actually written.