Back in 1980, annual plastic use in the U.S. was around 60 pounds per person. By 2018, this figure had risen to 218 pounds.
“We estimated that in the U.S., our population produces more plastic waste than in any other country on the planet. That's in total, but also per capita,” says Kara Lavender Law, a research professor with the Sea Education Association and first author on that study.
“Sometimes these small microplastics aren't included in those types of calculations of how much plastic people are disposing or those that are getting into the environment from our everyday use,” Erdle says. “There are a lot of factors that can influence how much plastic we are emitting into the environment or putting to landfill.”
In addition, there are a lot of other less visible sources of plastic pollution – such as those connected to construction, wear from car tires and other materials — that often escape calculations. Lavender Law agrees that it’s complicated to arrive at firm estimates on total waste. Her team’s findings were based on municipal waste alone, which is complicated to calculate in its own right.Despite these challenges, she also states that the problem is only likely to grow based on projections.
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