Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2023
These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. All told, annual greenhouse gases released from plastic production, landfilling, and incineration total 850 million tons , or 4.5 As contamination rose, crop yields fell by 15 percent.
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