#repost oceana How does plastic impact climate change? 🌎 . Climate change and the plastics crisis are intrinsically linked, and it is impossible to fight one problem without considering the other. Studies have shown that plastic contributes to climate change at each stage of its life cycle. . It begins when greenhouse gases escape from fossil fuels extracted and refined to make plastic and from fossil fuels used to generate plastic in energy-intensive processes. And later on, greenhouse gases are emitted during the transport of virgin and waste plastic, in landfills and during incineration. In the environment, greenhouse gases continue to be emitted as plastic breaks up. With plastic production rates anticipated to increase, so will plastic’s effects on our climate. . Oceana's global plastic campaigns are focused on implementing changes that slow the production - and pollution - of plastics. Reducing single-use plastics is one step governments & private industry can and must make to...