 | | 2021-02-13 03:06
From blog MichelleTyler
DROWNING NOT WAVING IN SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
If it feels like the world is drowning in single-use plastic that’s because it is. Every year 8-12 million metric tons of plastic enters the ocean. Without sustained and scaled-up action, plastic pollution in oceans will triple in 20 years.
In 2019 the production and incineration of plastic produced more than 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gasses. Put in perspective that is equivalent to emissions from 189 five-hundred-megawatt coal-fired power plants. It disproportionately harms communities of colour and indigenous people, destroys the environment and tortures wildlife. Plastic pollution is now so ubiquitous, it can literally be found inside us all.
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