The solution to single-use plastics isn’t recycling—it’s to ban them
Reducing our waste is better than recycling, so why are single-use plastics still so popular when we have alternatives?
Danielle Matta is a graduate student in the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University. She is currently working as a research assistant at the CCPA and her research interests include sustainable agriculture, environmental policy, food systems, and the emerging concept of regenerative agriculture.
Reducing our waste is better than recycling, so why are single-use plastics still so popular when we have alternatives?
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