“Yale Environment 360” Calls for Comprehensive Plastics Control Law
Published: 19 November 2009
Category: Bisphenol A (BPA), Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling, Sustainability
According to the “Yale Environment 360,” published by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, given the proven health threats of some plastics — as well as the enormous environmental costs — the time has come for the U.S. to pass a comprehensive plastics control law. Some plastic chemicals, such as bisphenol A (BPA), were reportedly once thought to be safe at doses now known to be hazardous. Further, the plastics industry accounts for 5 percent of the nation’s consumption of petroleum and natural gas, and more than 1 trillion pounds of plastic wastes now sit in U.S. garbage dumps.