A good gesture for environment - recycle
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I FNearly half of all plastic ever manufactured has been made since 2000. From all the plastic ever made, only nine per cent has been recycled, 12 per centincinerated, and 79 per cent will be accumulated in landfills or the natural environment.
Most packaging plastics end up as waste on the same year it is produced.
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HERE ARE 7 ALARMING WASTE FACTS TO CONSIDER:
plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Five trillion is almost 10 million plastic bags per minute. If tied together, all these plastic bags could be wrapped around the world seven times every hour.
By 2050, the oceans could have more plastic than fish.
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prevent irreparable damage to our
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W EPresident María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, stressing that 11 years are all that remain to avert catastrophe. More than 3.5 billion people do not have access to the most elementary waste management services. If the growth in plastic production continues at the current rate, by 2050 the plastic industry may account for 20 per cent of the world’s total oil consumption.
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