Abdul Rashid Alhassan
West Africa
Geofrey Arinaitwe
East Africa
Amin Sabri
Egypt & Middle East
Reha Akin
Turkey
Saurav Purkayastha
India and South Asia
Michel De Vriendt
East Asia
Ann Lorenzana
The Philippines
Oyan Villanueva
South East Asia
Melanie Lewis
Oceania
1 kg of plastic equals 3 kg CO2-equivalents
On average 1 kg of plastic equals 3 kg CO2-equivalents for production and incineration 44% of all plastic consumption is packaging, mostly related to food. Multiply your waste by an average of 2 for the avoidance of CO2 for production or 3 when including incineration. Currently most plastic waste is still being burned (or exported)…