GREEN TECHNOLOGY
PLASTIC WASTE IN STATISTICS
• 430 million tonnes – the amount of plastic waste that the world produces every year
• 3x – the amount that plastic waste could multiply by 2060 , according to the UN
• 46,000 – the amount of pieces of plastic in every square mile of ocean
• Exponentially – the amount that plastic production increased , from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to 448 million tons in 2015
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