Infographic: Our Plastic Earth

Earth911
Feb 13, 2020, 5:00 am224 pts
The extent of plastic pollution has reached a level that is impossible to ignore; we have covered Earth in plastic — from the heights of Mount Everest to the depths of the Mariana Trench. We produce around 335 million metric tons of plastic a year. And about half of that plastic is for single-use products,…

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