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Bookmark or Share- 8 inspiring innovations that are helping to fight plastic pollutionPlastic waste and pollution are now threatening the health and well-being of humans and ecosystems the world over. Every year, out of an unimaginable 300 million tonnes of plastic produced, half is made into single-use items: takeaway cups, food wrappers, grocery bags and more.
- Setting the facts straight on plastics | World Economic ForumGovernments are now taking steps towards the elimination of problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging through regulatory and other policy actions. Municipal, national and perhaps soon global directives from policy-making bodies rely on banning the use of plastics in shopping bags, straws and other applications with single and/or short uses.
- This is how long everyday plastic items last in the oceanEarlier this year, a pilot whale that died off the coast of southern Thailand was found to have swallowed 80 plastic bags. When plastic does eventually break down into smaller particles called “microplastics”, these can be eaten by fish – and end up in food eaten by humans.
- This plastic bag is 100% biodegradable | World Economic ForumThe plastic is also broken down in the ocean, becoming small enough to enter the food chain. Only 14% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling, while most plastic packaging is used only once. In addition, 95% of the value of plastic packaging material, worth between $80 billion and $120 billion annually, is lost to the economy.
- Reusing 10% will stop almost half of plastic waste from entering the ...In scenario 1, at least 10% of all packaging would be shifted away from single-use and toward reusables – the equivalent of at least 7 million tonnes of plastic. In scenario 3, as much as 26-46 million tonnes would be shifted away from disposables, and plastic waste would be virtually eliminated from our oceans.
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