Every year in April, the world celebrates Earth Day. But as the excitement fades, the question remains: What have companies and leaders touting sustainability really accomplished? Take the plastic crisis, for example, which has for decades been burdening humankind and threatening our climate. Despite plastic being responsible for over 2 billion tons of carbon emissions a year, with an estimated 170 trillion plastic particles floating in our oceans, annual plastic production has ballooned to over 300 million tons and is predicted to double in the next 10 to 15 years.

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