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                    "text": "The most visible environmental impact of plastic is the ",
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                    "text": "Another concern is its contribution to climate change. How much greenhouse gas emissions are emitted in the production and management of global plastics?",
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                    "text": "The OECD estimates that the life-cycle emissions of plastics \u2013 which includes the production of the material and its disposal \u2013 was ",
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                            "text": "1.8 billion tonnes",
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                    "text": ". This is measured in carbon dioxide equivalents, which accounts for the different warming impacts of different greenhouse gases.",
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                    "text": "We can see the breakdown of these emissions in the chart below. Most come from the production stage, and are in the form of carbon dioxide.",
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                    "text": " 54.6 billion tonnes of CO",
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                    "text": "eq, plastics were responsible for around 3.3% of global emissions.",
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                    "text": "In the chart below we see how plastic emissions have changed over time \u2013 and what stage of the supply chain they come from. Around 90% come from the production stage \u2013 that is, converting fossil fuels into plastics. Emissions from the end-of-life tend to be relatively small.",
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