Peak Plastic: The Rise or Fall of Our Synthetic World
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering, Environmental, Industrial Design, Business & Finance, Management & Leadership, Production & Operations Management
| Author: | Jack Buffington | ISBN: | 9781440864179 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | November 2, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Praeger | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jack Buffington |
| ISBN: | 9781440864179 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | November 2, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Language: | English |
Shows why plastics, in aggregate, have become a toxin to humans, wildlife, and the planet, and proposes novel solutions that involve neither traditional recycling nor giving up plastic.
• Provides a realistic solution for our use of plastic: not to eliminate it, but to innovate it
• Views plastic not only as a known environmental and health hazard but as a material critical to our future and therefore worth revising for future use
• Explains what we must do—and by when—in order to be able to keep using plastic without harming the planet or our health
• Shows the links between the environmental, toxicological, and socioeconomic challenges in our use of plastic, and how these dangers can be remedied by supply chain innovation
• Introduces two significant disruptive innovations that if implemented, will save us from the growing problem posed by synthetics
Shows why plastics, in aggregate, have become a toxin to humans, wildlife, and the planet, and proposes novel solutions that involve neither traditional recycling nor giving up plastic.
• Provides a realistic solution for our use of plastic: not to eliminate it, but to innovate it
• Views plastic not only as a known environmental and health hazard but as a material critical to our future and therefore worth revising for future use
• Explains what we must do—and by when—in order to be able to keep using plastic without harming the planet or our health
• Shows the links between the environmental, toxicological, and socioeconomic challenges in our use of plastic, and how these dangers can be remedied by supply chain innovation
• Introduces two significant disruptive innovations that if implemented, will save us from the growing problem posed by synthetics
