The plastics crisis

From information to action

Abstract

The global plastics crisis represents one of the most urgent and complex socioenvironmental challenges of our time.
At first, plastic was defi ned as a symbol of industrial progress and the convenience of modern life and has since profoundly transformed forms of production and consumption over the last century. Its omnipresence in packaging, clothing, utensils, automobiles, medical equipment, among others, has consolidated the use and structural dependence on a material that, although useful in certain segments and sectors, has become one of the greatest drivers of global environmental degradation.