As well as stopping burning of fossil fuels we must stop using them as feedstock in industry. Alternative sources of carbon are plentiful, but we have to be careful - converting cropland to biofuel production, for example, can drive up food prices, damage biodiversity and harm soil health. Europe should look to recycled plastic waste and captured CO2 for sources of carbon. Source: Nature Briefing
Defossilize our chemical world | Nature Editorial, 6 January 2026
The solution is not to eliminate carbon from industry altogether, but to stop treating fossil carbon as the default raw material.
Decarbonising everything is impossible | Muhammad Imran in The Conversation, 21 May 2026
Many brands describe their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are actually recovered from waste and the rest is made from petroleum.
Supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging | Stefano Valentino in the Guardian, 27 January 2026
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