“Plastic pollution is present from the top of Mount Everest to the deepest points of the oceans and has now even reached the placenta” Turkiye’s Microplastic Research Group urges the UN to establish an international treaty to address plastic pollution
Plastic production is expected to more than double by 2040, quadrupling waste in the world’s oceans by 2050.commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund warned on Tuesday that between 19 and 23 million tons of plastic waste enters the world’s waterways every year – an amount that is only expected to rise.
The organisation estimates that even if pollution is completely halted, the amount of marine microplastics would still double by 2050, threatening marine life in multiple ways. “According to a conservative assessment of current research, a total of 2,141 species have so far been found to encounter plastic pollution in their natural environments,” said the WWF.
“Once plastic is in the ocean it’s almost impossible to remove it. Moreover, once it has entered the ocean, it continues to break down: macroplastics become microplastics, and microplastics become nanoplastics, making recovery even more unlikely,” said the report.
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