{"id":10968,"date":"2023-01-07T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=10968"},"modified":"2023-01-07T18:48:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T18:48:51","slug":"plastic-waste-factsheet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste-factsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic waste factsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10968\" class=\"elementor elementor-10968\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e20be44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e20be44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10950 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Plastic Waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10974 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10972 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sources-of-plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sources of plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10971 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/impact-of-plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Impact of plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10973 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste-disposal-techniques\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Plastic waste disposal techniques<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10970 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Plastic waste factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21ca28d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"21ca28d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3bd897\" data-id=\"c3bd897\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebac901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebac901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plastic Waste Factsheet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387e882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"387e882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Worldwide, at least 8.8 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the world\u2019s oceans each year \u2014 the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute \u2014 and in 2016 the U.S. generated more plastic waste than any other country, exceeding that of all European Union member states combined. <i>\u2014 U.S. Should Create National Strategy by End of 2022 to Reduce Its Increasing Contribution to Global Ocean Plastic Waste, Says New Report, News Release | December 1, 2021<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fishing gear: The risk of leakage varies between categories of fishing gear: an estimated 5.7% of all fishing nets, 8.6% of traps and pots, and 29% of all fishing lines used globally are abandoned, lost, or discarded. <br><i>TOWARDS A TREATY TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION GLOBAL RULES TO SOLVE A GLOBAL PROBLEM https:\/\/wwfint.awsassets.panda.org\/downloads\/towards_a_treaty_to_end_plastic_pollution___final_report.pdf<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The main sources of plastic debris found in the ocean are land-based, coming from urban and stormwater runoff, sewer overflows, littering, inadequate waste disposal and management, industrial activities, tyre abrasion, construction and illegal dumping. Ocean-based plastic pollution originates primarily from the fishing industry, nautical activities and aquaculture.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once in the ocean, the cost of removing plastic (estimated at $124\/Mt19 to $25,000\/Mt20) is significantly higher than preventive mitigation approaches (estimated at a net benefit of $2,241\/Mt to a net cost of $1,945\/Mt).21 Furthermore, capabilities for large-scale removal currently do not exist. Since 1986, the Ocean Conservancy has removed ~0.16 Mt;22 and the Ocean Cleanup Project has removed 0.0001 Mt since August 2021.23 Therefore, governments cannot afford delay in action or weak, pacifying treaty texts that focus on national actions alone and negate the essence of binding global solutions and control measures, especially as these approaches have already proved inadequate to date.&nbsp;<i style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) issues briefs: November 2021 https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-04\/marine_plastic_pollution_issues_brief_nov21.pdf<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-796e774\" data-id=\"796e774\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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