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Taiwan's Plastic Habit Collides With Shortages Caused by a Faraway War
Taiwan's Plastic Habit Collides With Shortages Caused by a Faraway War
By Xinyun Wu and Meaghan Tobin
Photographs and Video by An Rong Xu
Plastic producers in Taiwan have scrambled to secure new supplies since the war in Iran disrupted petrochemical flows and tightened availability.