Companies Are Claiming To Be ‘Plastic Neutral.’ Is It Greenwashing?

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For years, companies have been trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions with carbon credits. Now, they want to do the same thing for their plastic pollution.

Skepticism about"offsetting" plastic impacts

“Frankly, it’s all greenwashing,” said Kevin Budris, advocacy director for the nonprofit Just Zero. “The only real solution to the full suite of plastic pollution problems is to stop making so much plastic in the first place.” That crediting initiative then measures the amount of waste collected and posts the appropriate number of credits in a registry, usually one credit per metric ton. Companies buy those credits, and by doing so they support the underlying plastic collection activity.A waste picker sorts through plastic bottle waste at the Dandora garbage dump in Nairobi.

 

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