05/08/2019
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"the global life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from conventional plastics which were produced in 2015 were 1.8 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent"
"The Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife will come to order."
"Plastics are also making climate change worse."
"So, in terms of a contribution to the global plastic quantity of waste, the 6.4 million that I mentioned--or billion, excuse me--we are a major contributor."