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Chemistry can help make plastics sustainable — but it isn’t the whole solution
Editorial, Nature Plastics & Pollution
Since Bakelite was revealed in 1907 as the first synthetic plastic — it was used as an electrical insulator — this lightweight, strong and mouldable class of materials has helped to make the modern world. Plastics are a staple ingredient in product design and manufacture, and their use, especially as single-use items such as water bottles and food wrappings, is expanding. The total weight of plastics produced per year currently stands at more than 380 million tonnes and is set to top 900 million tonnes by 2050.
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