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Hace 2 días · Get clued up with these lesser-known facts about plastic that you really need to know. Only 9% of all plastic produced is recycled; A whopping 2 million plastic bags are used every minute worldwide; Single-use plastics are illegal in some parts of the world; Every minute of every day a truckload of plastic is dumped into the ocean
Hace 6 días · 1. The world generates 400 million tonnes of plastic waste a year. The first commercially available plastic product was launched in 1907 but mass production didn’t start until 1952. Since then, annual plastic production has increased nearly 200-fold where today, we produce as much plastic globally as two-thirds of humanity’s total mass.
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9 de may. de 2024 · How the History of Plastic Shapes Our Present and Future. To respond to the plastics crisis, we may find just as many answers looking backward as we do forward. At a recent event, sociologist Dr. Rebecca Altman explains. As Dr. Rebecca Altman likes to say, plastic runs in her blood. In fact, it literally runs in the blood of many of us, as ...
Hace 6 días · How did the invention of plastic reshape our material world? Starting with celluloid in 1869, this transformative substance has evolved from a simple ivory substitute to a cornerstone of modern manufacturing. This article travels through time to chart this evolution and the profound impact of plastic on today's world.
6 de may. de 2024 · They were present in rivers and snow from near the summit of Mount Everest. Everywhere we looked, we found evidence of microplastics. By 2008, the term microplastic was highlighted by the EU's ...
10 de may. de 2024 · The global trade of plastic waste has raised environmental concerns, especially regarding pollution in waste-importing countries. However, the overall environmental contribution remains unclear due to uncertain treatment shares between handling plastic waste abroad and domestically. Here, we conduct a life cycle assessment of global plastic waste trade in 2022 across 18 countries and six ...
11 de may. de 2024 · Her first, musician Freddy Moore whom she married when she was barely 18, died at 72 in 2022 from Alzheimer’s. 13. Moore starred with the late Patrick Swayze in 1990’s “Ghost” ...
