A lifecycle-based evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions from the plastics industry in South Africa

Increased production rates of plastic and limited disposal methods have fed concerns regarding environmental degradation. Whilst most of the focus is on plastic litter and marine pollution, greenhouse gas emissions of plastic over its value chains are also of interest and non-trivial at the global...

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Main Authors: Taahira Goga, Kevin Harding, Valentina Russo, Harro von Blottnitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2023-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://sajs.co.za/article/view/13842