As nations struggle to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and get climate change under control, diplomats from nearly 200 countries gathered in Egypt this past November for two weeks of climate talks. The 27th UN. Climate Conference (COP 27) opened with stark messages after several reports released in the run-up to the summit, including UNEP's "2022 Emissions Gap Report," showed that despite decades of negotiations, countries have failed to reduce global heat-trapping emissions, and their pledges to do so in the future are not sufficient to avoid catastrophic climate impacts. Coupled with the climate emergency, an exponential waste crisis is unfolding. In March of last year, Reloop published "Reimagining the Bottle Bill," which revealed that the U.S. loses $5.1 billion a year in beverage containers to litter, incinerators and landfills. In the Northeast region alone, 403 beverage containers per person are wasted every year.
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