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Labubu is blowing up hopes of a plastics halt
An addiction to consumerism is driving a surge in polymer production, and China is now the new ground zero.
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Labubu, an elf-like plush toy with pointy ears and nine serrated teeth, has become a global sensation. The toys are made largely of polyester and polyvinyl chloride.
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David Fickling
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The world’s governments are meeting this week to hammer out a treaty to reverse the rising tide of plastics. Oil companies have other ideas.
Far from cutting back their spending, refiners are planning to drown the noble ambitions of United Nations negotiators meeting in Geneva beneath a tsunami of polymers.
