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https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/everything-you-need-know-about-plastic-pollution

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/everything-you-need-know-about-plastic-pollution
Everything you need to know about plastic pollution
25 avr. 2023Watch on. Overall, 46 per cent of plastic waste is landfilled, while 22 per cent is mismanaged and becomes litter. Unlike other materials, plastic does not biodegrade. This pollution chokes marine wildlife, damages soil and poisons groundwater, and can cause serious health impacts.

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ENVIRONMENT-PLASTIC/0100B4TF2MQ/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ENVIRONMENT-PLASTIC/0100B4TF2MQ/index.html
Visualising the amount of microplastic we eat – Reuters
In our lifetime. 20kg of plastic. The average human lives for 79 years. Using the current estimate of microplastic in our diets and assuming the situation doesn’t improve or worsen, that equates …

https://theconversation.com / how-earths-plastic-pollution-problem-could-look-by-2040-143220

https://theconversation.com / how-earths-plastic-pollution-problem-could-look-by-2040-143220
How Earth’s plastic pollution problem could look by 2040
We found that plastic entering the marine environment is set to double by 2040 and, unless the world acts, more than 1.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste will be dumped on land and in waterbodies …

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/worlds-plastic-pollution-crisis-explained

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/worlds-plastic-pollution-crisis-explained
The World’s Plastic Pollution Crisis Explained
19 oct. 2023Some key facts: Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years. Production increased exponentially, from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to 448 million tons by 2015. Production is expected to double by 2050. Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/2023/11/how-single-use-plastics-hurt-our-oceans-and-warm-our-planet

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/2023/11/how-single-use-plastics-hurt-our-oceans-and-warm-our-planet
How Single Use Plastics Hurt Our Oceans and Warm Our Planet – PBS
1 nov. 2023This poses a major threat to our oceans and marine life. An estimated 33 billion pounds of plastic enter the marine environment every year. That’s two-garbage truck’s worth of plastic that …

https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/plastic-pollution-infographic

https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/plastic-pollution-infographic
Plastic Pollution Infographic | Smithsonian Ocean
Plastic Pollution Infographic. (Janet A Beckley, University of Georgia) An estimated 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic have been produced worldwide, but what exactly does 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic look like?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution
Plastic pollution facts and information – National Geographic
21 févr. 2024Some key facts: Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 20 years. Production increased exponentially, from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to 448 million tons by 2015 …

https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution

https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution
Plastic Pollution – Our World in Data
Even just in the last two decades, global plastic production has doubled. Around 0.5% of plastic waste ends up in the ocean. The world produces around 350 million tonnes of plastic waste each year. Estimates vary, but recent high-quality studies suggest that between 1 and 2 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans annually.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/marinedebris/plastics-in-the-ocean.html

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/marinedebris/plastics-in-the-ocean.html
A Guide to Plastic in the Ocean – NOAA’s National Ocean Service
Plastics are the most common form of marine debris. They can come from a variety of land and ocean-based sources; enter the water in many ways; and impact the ocean and Great Lakes. Once in the water, plastic debris never fully biodegrades. Yellow text in the above graphic shows sources of plastic that eventually end up in the ocean.

https://www.unep.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution

https://www.unep.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution
Visual Feature | Beat Plastic Pollution – UNEP
The estimated annual loss in the value of plastic packaging waste during sorting and processing alone is US$ 80- 120 billion. Cigarette butts — whose filters contain tiny plastic fibers — are the most common type of plastic waste found in the environment. Food wrappers, plastic bottles, plastic bottle caps, grocery bags, …
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