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"Humans have produced 8.3bn tonnes of plastic since the 1950s with the majority ending up in landfill or polluting the world’s continents and oceans, according to a new report."
I can't even get my head around what that might look like collectively.
"Humans have produced 8.3bn tonnes of plastic since the 1950s with the majority ending up in landfill or polluting the world’s continents and oceans, according to a new report."
I can't even get my head around what that might look like collectively.
About 9 cubic kilometers, or enough to cover the whole of Suffolk to a depth of 2.4m.
"Humans have produced 8.3bn tonnes of plastic since the 1950s with the majority ending up in landfill or polluting the world’s continents and oceans, according to a new report."
I can't even get my head around what that might look like collectively.
Would this not create a huge amount of microplastic which itself is a problem. The ultimate solution is to recycle all plastic and plan to stop producing it in the future. Single use plastic is a scourge.
Would this not create a huge amount of microplastic which itself is a problem. The ultimate solution is to recycle all plastic and plan to stop producing it in the future. Single use plastic is a scourge.
Break down as in digest, turning the plastics into something else, ideally leaving us with by-products which will naturally decompose or are not harmul to the environment.
I always loved the twist that H.G.Wells put in War of the Worlds. All our technology was useless against them but they they were defeated by our bacteria. The book was first published in 1898.
Don't believe a word I say. I'm only kidding. Or am I?