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An estimated 52 million metric tons of global plastic waste emissions are produced every year, a new study by the University of Leeds has found. The study, using artificial intelligence to model ...
Plastic pollution is widely recognized as a critical global issue. It continues to overwhelm waste management systems, flooding plastic into our oceans, soil, air, and food chains, and raises ...
Following UNEA-5.2, The mandate specifies that the INC must begin its work by the end of 2022 with the goal of "completing a draft global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024." [4] Work towards the treaty began with the meeting of an ad hoc open-ended working group in Dakar, Senegal from May 30 through June 1, 2022. [5]
Global consumption of plastics is estimated to be 300 million tonnes per year as of 2022, with around 8 million tonnes ending up in the oceans as macroplastics. [45] [46] Approximately 1.5 million tonnes of primary microplastics end up in the seas. Around 98% of this volume is created by land-based activities, with the remaining 2% being ...
If policies are not implemented to change things, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says "annual plastics production, use and waste generation are projected to increase by ...
12 largest producers of plastic waste (+EU) and their recycling rates in 2010 Country Plastic waste per year (Mt) [47] Waste per person per day (Kg) [47] Recycled Incinerated (with energy recovery) Landfill (and incineration without energy recovery) Comments China: 59.08: 0.12---No official statistics United States [48] 37.83: 0.34: 8%: 14%: 78 ...
Story at a glance A new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says the amount of global plastic waste will reach 1,230 metric tons by 2060. More than half of that ...
In global standards, about 80 percent of packaging waste in ocean comes from land based sources and 20 percent comes from marine sources. [4] The 20 percent of packaging waste that comes from marine sources comes from the rivers of China starting from least to greatest contributors, the Hanjiang, Zhujiang, Dong, Huangpu, Xi, and Yangtze river. [4]