Plastic waste is a highly topical issue. Ever since Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Blue Planet’ television series aired, the public’s perception of the harm caused by the tsunami of plastic waste affecting land, waterways, rivers and oceans has increased exponentially. Plastic waste is part of the wider problem of climate change. But, what is perhaps not recognised quite as well is the fact that disposal of plastic waste by incineration- burning – a common method of disposal – brings its own dangers, namely an increase in carbon emissions. To know more: https://www.qmre.ltd/carbon-em....issions-and-plastic-