Another estimate, from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, projects that emissions from plastics could swell from about 2 billion metric tons to 4 billion metric tons by 2060. Recycling is a great tool, and new methods could make it possible to recycle more plastics and make it easier to do so. But just addressing plastic at its end of life won’t be enough to address the climate impacts of the material. So we need new ways to make plastic, using different ingredients and fuels to take oil and gas out of the equation. One positive note here: The plastics treaty isn’t dead, just on hold for the moment.