Green group brands Japanese plastic-to-oil plan a “distraction”

Published 05:19 on September 29, 2023  /  Last updated at 09:36 on September 29, 2023  / Helen Clark /  Asia Pacific, Japan

An anti-plastics waste group has poured cold water on a consortium of Japanese heavyweights’ plans to skim microplastic from the surface of a harbour and turn it into oil, suggesting it is nothing more than a “distraction” in the climate debate.
An anti-plastics waste group has poured cold water on a consortium of Japanese heavyweights’ plans to skim microplastic from the surface of a harbour and turn it into oil, suggesting it is nothing more than a “distraction” in the climate debate.


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