Aspen Environment Forum: Plastic bottle and bag solutions are elusive

How do we get rid of plastic when plastic is everywhere?

by Dorothy M. Atkins,
Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Environmentalists proved how difficult it is to find a simple solution to America’s addiction to bottled water and plastic bags at a session at the Aspen Environment Forum Wednesday.

The session — titled “Rethinking Plastic: Design, Reuse and Recycling” — addressed the environmental impact of single-use plastics, like plastic bags and bottles, and who should be held accountable.

The panelists agreed that suppliers and consumers need to move away from considering single-use plastics as “garbage” and start looking at them as resources that can be reused.

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