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Plastic is the new coal, report finds

In the next decade, plastic will emit more climate-changing greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants, according to the report.
Recycled plastic bottles. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

In the next decade, plastic will emit more climate-changing greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants.

That’s according to a new report by the group Beyond Plastics. They’ve analyzed 10 stages of plastics production, use and disposal.

, a former regional Environmental Protection Agency administrator and president of Beyond Plastics,

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