Peak Plastic: The Rise or Fall of Our Synthetic World
byJack Buffington is responsible for warehousing and fulfillment for MillerCoors, and he teaches at University College and the Daniel's College of Business at the University of Denver. He is the author of The Recycling Myth.
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Buffington, Jack. Peak Plastic: The Rise or Fall of Our Synthetic World. Praeger, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440864179.
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Buffington, Jack. Peak Plastic: The Rise or Fall of Our Synthetic World. Praeger, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440864179
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Buffington, J. (2018). Peak Plastic: The Rise or Fall of Our Synthetic World. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440864179
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Shows why plastics, in aggregate, have become a toxin to humans, wildlife, and the planet, and proposes novel solutions that involve neither traditional recycling nor giving up plastic.
• Provides a realistic solution for our use of plastic: not to eliminate it, but to innovate it• Views plastic not only as a known environmental and health hazard but as a material critical to our future and therefore worth revising for future use
• Explains what we must do—and by when—in order to be able to keep using plastic without harming the planet or our health
• Shows the links between the environmental, toxicological, and socioeconomic challenges in our use of plastic, and how these dangers can be remedied by supply chain innovation
• Introduces two significant disruptive innovations that if implemented, will save us from the growing problem posed by synthetics
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Table of Contents
Peak Plastic: The Rise or Fall of Our Synthetic World
Author(s): Buffington, Jack;Contributors: Buffington, Jack;Abstract:Shows why plastics, in aggregate, have become a toxin to humans, wildlife, and the planet, and proposes novel solutions that involve neither traditional recycling nor giving up plastic.
• Provides a realistic solution for our use of plastic: not to eliminate it, but to innovate it• Views plastic not only as a known environmental and health hazard but as a material critical to our future and therefore worth revising for future use
• Explains what we must do—and by when—in order to be able to keep using plastic without harming the planet or our health
• Shows the links between the environmental, toxicological, and socioeconomic challenges in our use of plastic, and how these dangers can be remedied by supply chain innovation
• Introduces two significant disruptive innovations that if implemented, will save us from the growing problem posed by synthetics
SortTitle: peak plastic: the rise or fall of our synthetic worldAuthor Info:Jack BuffingtonauthorJack Buffington is responsible for warehousing and fulfillment for MillerCoors, and he teaches at University College and the Daniel's College of Business at the University of Denver. He is the author of The Recycling Myth.
eISBN-13: 9781440864179Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440864179.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440864162Imprint: PraegerPages: 160Publication Date: 20181130- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents v6
- Chapter 1: What Is Peak Plastic? 18
- Chapter 2: The Good, Bad, and Unknown of Plastic 1522
- Chapter 3: The Waste-Driven Supply Chain 4148
- Chapter 4: 2030: A Plastic Tipping Point (Peak Plastic) 5764
- Chapter 5: The Alternative to Peak Plastic: Exponential Thinking 7582
- Chapter 6: Solution 1: Stop the Bleeding 8794
- Chapter 7: Solution 2: Open-Source/Access Plastic (Open-Source Capitalism) 99106
- Chapter 8: Solution 3: Sustainable Polymerization 111118
- Chapter 9: Solution 4: A Closed-Loop System for Plastic 121128
- Chapter 10: Solution 5: Fixing the Invisibility Problem 135142
- Chapter 11: Summary: Make It Happen! 141148
- Index 151158
- About the Author 153160