The World Is Pumping Out 57 Million Tons Of Plastic Pollution A Year

The world creates 57 million tons ... new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South. It's enough pollution each year to fill New York City’s Central Park with ... Read More

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that crosses… The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds Researchers say the world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year — enough t ... Read More

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The world is producing 57 million tons of plastic pollution per year, new study finds Researchers say the world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year — enough to fill New York ... Read More

A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters

Every year, companies produce more than 400 million metric tons ... new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances has pinpointed some of the major brands responsible for plastic ... Read More

Unpacking long-standing claim oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050

A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and just 812 tons of fish. Read More

Boston College to partner on study of hazards from plastics

BC's Global Observatory on Pollution ... 10 to 12 million tons of plastic waste enter the oceans each year, said Landrigan. More than 100 million tons of plastic, mostly microscopic particles, coat ... Read More

Could bacteria solve the world's plastic problem?

But the good news is there may be a new solution to this pervasive pollution: bacteria. How big is the plastic problem? The world produces over 400 million tons of plastic waste each year ... Read More

Without immediate action, plastic pollution could triple by 2040. We have no time to waste.

To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules to regulate production and consumption. These rules must include measures to ban, phase-out, ... Read More

We Made Plastic. We Depend on It. Now We’re Drowning in It.

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global ... in the sea. World production has increased exponentially—from 2.3 million tons in 1950 ... Read More

OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION

In the first decade of this century, we made more plastic than all the plastic in history up to the year 2000. And every year, billions of pounds of more plastic end up in the world's oceans ... to ... Read More