Plastic Waste

Plastic pollution in numbers

Let’s have a look on how the plastic waste problem is translated in numbers: Only around 9% of global plastics are recycled each year. Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years. Today, we produce about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. Production is expected to double by 2050. If historic growth trends continue, global production of primary plastic is forecasted to reach 1,100 million tonnes by 2050.  Approximately 36 per cent of all plastics produced are used in packaging, including single-use plastic products for food and beverage containers, approximately 85 percent of which end up in landfills or as unregulated waste. A new study (LINK) found that 60% of “home-compostable plastics” didn’t fully break down in home compost bins, leading to them ending up in the soil and the waterways. (LINK) This is often due to lack of real-world testing and to greenwashing campaigns that make promises that don't hold up in reality.  Source: LINK

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Here you can find a video of the cycle of plastic after we dispose of it