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Plastics are just the tip of the iceberg

Nature Sustainability volume 6, page 1144 (2023)Cite this article

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The rapid increase in plastics waste is worrying, but approaching sufficiency in a broader sense can tackle much more than plastic waste streams only, argues Sylvia Lorek.

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Lorek, S. Plastics are just the tip of the iceberg. Nat Sustain 6, 1144 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01220-7

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