10 Plastic Pollution Facts That Show Why We Need To Do More

10 Plastic Pollution Facts That Show Why We Need To Do More


1. Since the 1950s, around 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced worldwide .

2. In some parts of the world, using plastic is already illegal.

3. 73% of beach litter worldwide is plastic.

4. A million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute.

5. Worldwide, about 2 million plastic bags are used every minute.

6. 90% of plastic polluting our oceans is carried by just 10 rivers.

7. Plastic is killing more than 1.1 million seabirds and animals every year.

8. The average person eats 70,000 microplastics each year.

9. The average time that a plastic bag is used for is … 12 minutes.

10. Over the past 50 years, world plastic production has doubled.


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