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Over the next 70 years, however, annual production of plastics has increased nearly 230-fold to 460 million tonnes in 2019. Even just in the last two decades, global plastic production has doubled. The world produces around 350 million tonnes of plastic waste each year. That means 0.5% of plastic waste ends up in the ocean.
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Dec 20, 2023 · Premium Statistic Frustrations with realities of recycling plastic in the United States 2022 Premium Statistic Plastic bottle recycling rates in the U.S. 2019-2020, by material type
Oct 5, 2023 · That means that around 0.5% of world’s plastic waste ends up in the oceans. Exactly how much plastic waste enters the oceans is still uncertain. Early studies produced larger figures, estimating that ocean plastics could be around 8 million tonnes per year.2. More recent research – with improved methods – estimates that this figure is ...
Dec 1, 2021 · Reckoning with the U.S Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste concludes plastic waste in the U.S. is ubiquitous and increasing. Worldwide, at least 8.8 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the world’s oceans each year — the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute — and in 2016 the U.S. generated more plastic waste than any other country, exceeding ...
Sep 4, 2024 · Updated 3:05 PM PDT, September 4, 2024. The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South. It’s enough pollution each year ...
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ocean every minute (SOURCE: Ocean Conservancy estimate). • It is estimated that between 24 and 35 million metric tons of plastics entered aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine environments) in 2020 (SOURCE: Science). • Plastic pollution inputs into rivers, lakes and the ocean could increase to as much as 53 million metric tons
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Dec 3, 2021 · An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the ...
