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The plastic pollution crisis


The plastic pollution crisis - Story - IUCN.org

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious ...

The World's Plastic Pollution Crisis Explained

Stomachs so packed with plastics reduce the urge to eat, causing starvation. Plastics have been consumed by land-based animals, including ...

What You Need to Know About the Plastic Crisis - NRDC

Plastics also contribute to toxic pollution throughout their life cycle, with frontline communities being particularly impacted by toxic air and ...

Plastic Pollution - UNEP

Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste leaks into aquatic ecosystems, polluting lakes, rivers and seas.

Plastic pollution facts and information - National Geographic

But plastics have also been found to have blocked digestive tracts or pierced organs, causing death. Stomachs so packed with plastics reduce the ...

Everything you need to know about plastic pollution - UNEP

Overall, 46 per cent of plastic waste is landfilled, while 22 per cent is mismanaged and becomes litter. Unlike other materials, plastic does ...

Plastic Pollution - United States Department of State

Often stemming from poor waste mismanagement, plastic pollution is a major environmental issue because most plastics do not biodegrade and instead break down ...

Understanding plastic pollution and its impact on lives | Africa ...

Overall, 46 per cent of plastic waste is landfilled, while 22 per cent is mismanaged and becomes litter. Unlike other materials, plastic does not biodegrade. It ...

Plastic Pollution - Oceana USA

The world is facing a plastic pollution crisis that is increasingly threatening the future of our planet. An estimated 33 billion pounds of plastic enter the ...

Ocean Plastics Pollution - Center for Biological Diversity

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled in it. Endangered ...

Three ways to solve the plastics pollution crisis - Nature

Enzyme-based recycling is just one form of chemical recycling, the term for a broader class of techniques that break plastics into their ...

Plastic Pollution - Our World in Data

However, when plastic waste is mismanaged – not recycled, incinerated, or kept in sealed landfills – it becomes an environmental pollutant. One to two million ...

No Time to Waste: Tackling the plastic pollution crisis before it's too ...

This report lays out the destruction, sickness, mortality, and damage to livelihoods caused by the plastic pollution crisis; and solutions.

Plastic pollution - resource - IUCN.org

Discarded improperly, plastic waste pollutes and harms the environment, becoming a widespread driver of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation.

Fighting Plastic Pollution - Greenpeace USA

The flow of plastics into our environment has reached crisis proportions, and the evidence is most clearly on display in our oceans. It is estimated that up ...

Why the plastic pollution crisis is your problem - rePurpose Global

Plastic waste does not break down in nature, and ends up blocking waterways that exacerbate flooding and the spread of waterborne diseases.

Plastics | Initiatives | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

Every day, plastic waste flows into nature at an unprecedented rate—more than a dump truck load every minute into our oceans alone. And it's choking our ...

The Plastic Crisis Finally Gets Emergency Status | WIRED

“When you take those along with the cleanup costs of plastic pollution, you get in the range of $300 billion to $600 billion a year. This report ...

How the UN Plastics Treaty aims to tackle the pollution crisis

What is the UN Plastics Treaty? The U.N. Plastics Treaty will be a legally binding global agreement between 175 countries that will dictate the ...

4 false solutions that won't solve the plastic pollution crisis

From recycling to bioplastics, here are 4 examples of approaches that fail to tackle the scale of the global plastic pollution crisis.