Untangling Plastics - Bob Gedert

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Résumé :
Reaching the Post-Plastic Age for True Sustainability Plastics are made from fossil fuels, and in every step in a piece of plastic's life cycle, from creation to destruction, it negatively impacts Earth's climate. And yet, more and more plastics are being produced every day. We can no longer afford to ignore the connection between plastic and climate change. Untangling Plastics is a comprehensive investigation of the manufacturing, use, and disposal of plastics and their impacts on the health of the environment and human beings. Author Bob Gedert pulls from current research and his forty-five-year career in the recycling industry to reveal that we cannot recycle our way out of the plastics pollution crisis. He instead offers real solutions for how we can adopt greener ways of living and phase out plastics. Our planet has already been irreversibly damaged by the impact of plastics, and we will never successfully limit climate change if we can't untangle ourselves from the creeping web of plastics....

Biographie:
Bob Gedert is a Cincinnati-based recycling consultant with forty-five years of experience in guiding communities toward sustainable materials management through a systems approach, bridging recycling best practices and sustainability toward local circular economies. He has experience in building local economic development practices with zero-waste goals through private-public partnerships that utilize local markets for recyclables through innovative entrepreneurship and collaborative business networks. Previously, Bob served as department director of Austin Resource Recovery, leading the city toward zero-waste goals. In addition to his tenure at Austin, he has served in the leadership of resource recovery in many communities including the city of Fresno, California, as chief of recycling operations...

Sommaire:
Reaching the Post-Plastic Age for True Sustainability Untangling Plastics: The Missing Link in Mitigating Climate Change reveals a critical but widely overlooked truth: Plastic is not just a pollution problem. It is a climate problem, a public health problem, and a systems problem hiding in plain sight. Written for policymakers, sustainability leaders, educators, and climate-focused readers, this book explains how plastics derived from fossil fuels drive greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of their life cycle, from extraction and production to disposal. It also examines how plastic pollution impacts human health, ecosystems, and frontline communities worldwide. Unlike many climate change books that focus solely on energy or high-level policy, Untangling Plastics connects the dots between plastics, climate disruption, and real-world consequences. It goes beyond theory to highlight practical actions by individuals, institutions, and governments that can meaningfully reduce plastic dependence and climate risk. Clear, accessible, and grounded in evidence, Untangling Plastics equips readers with the knowledge needed to understand why the elimination of plastics must be part of any serious climate solution and what can be done to address the problem now....