Plastic pollution facts and information - National Geographic
2024年9月23日 · Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with...
Single-Use Plastics 101 - NRDC
2024年4月30日 · Single-use plastics are goods that are made primarily from fossil fuel–based chemicals (petrochemicals) and are meant to be disposed of right after use—often, in mere minutes. Single-use...
Everything you need to know about plastic pollution
2023年4月25日 · Why is plastic pollution such a problem? Affordable, durable and flexible, plastic pervades modern life, appearing in everything from packaging to clothes to beauty products. But it is thrown away on a massive scale: every year, more than 280 million tonnes of short-lived plastic products become waste.
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 tonnes of plastic enter our oceans yearly, affecting wildlife and ecosystems.
How Single Use Plastics Are Hurting Our Oceans and Warming …
2023年11月1日 · Plastic is not only polluting our bodies and our oceans but contributing to the devastating impacts of climate change. Peril & Promise spoke with experts at Oceana, a nonprofit ocean conservation...
FAQs on plastics - Our World in Data
2018年9月2日 · Here I answer some common questions on plastic pollution: How much plastic and waste do we produce? How much oil do we use to make plastic? Which sectors use the most plastic? Where does the plastic in the ocean come from? I've heard most of our ocean plastic debris comes from fishing activity — is this true?
Plastics: What’s Recyclable, What Becomes Trash — And Why
2019年8月21日 · What’s recyclable in one community could be trash in another. This interactive explores some of the plastics the recycling system was designed to handle and explains why other plastic packaging...
Plastics Explained—What You Need to Know - National Geographic
2018年5月16日 · What are microplastics? What about a garbage patch? This glossary helps demystify plastic pollution.
Visual Feature | Beat Plastic Pollution - UNEP
Most plastic items never fully disappear; they just break down into smaller and smaller pieces. Those microplastics can enter the human body through inhalation and absorption and accumulate in organs. Microplastics have been found in our lungs, livers, spleens and kidneys, A study recently detected microplastics in the placentas of newborn ...
How to use less plastic : Life Kit : NPR
2021年7月13日 · It's not your fault that single-use plastic is everywhere. But with a little planning, you can curb your use of disposables and maybe even save some money in the long run.