What to know about world's plastic pollution
Plastic waste more than doubled in that time, reaching 353 million tons in 2019.
Plastic waste more than doubled in that time, reaching 353 million tons in 2019.
The planet is drowning in plastic pollution. Plastic has been found on the world's tallest mountain peak and its deepest ocean trench. It's washed up on the shores of Antarctica and on the beaches of remote, uninhabited islands in the South Pacific