“The cumulative cost of one homicide to a city is around $10 million,” writes Thomas Abt in his book "Bleeding Out." But for the victims, witnesses, and survivors of homicide and gun violence, the cost is incalculable.
Let’s hope that China’s ban on several types of scrap plastic will push our society to rethink our reliance on plastic and also force us to come up with more options for its post-consumer use.
