. It takes 500-1,000 years for plastic to degrade.
. Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle
the earth four times.
. 50 percent of the plastic we use, we use just once
and throw away.
. Plastic accounts for around 10 percent of the total
waste we generate.
. Plastic constitutes approximately 90 percent of
all trash floating on the ocean’s surface, with
46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile.
FACTS
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