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Plastic is polluting every corner of the planet. It has found its way to the depths of our oceans, to remote forest paths, to the ice of the Arctic, and onto the island beaches where turtles nest.

We don’t know exactly how long oil-based plastic will take to degrade (or even if it ever will), but we do know that once it’s in our soil, rivers, and oceans, it is impossible to clean up.

The plastic we see washing up on shores and floating on the water’s surface is only the tip of the trashberg. Over two-thirds of the plastic in our oceans ends up on the sea floor, creating an ever-growing wasteland beneath the waves. To make matters worse, bottles, bags, and other plastic junk gradually break into smaller and smaller pieces known as microplastics, which further damage ecosystems even as they’re invisible to the naked eye.

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Consumption Plastic

4 false solutions that won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis

Plastic pollution has managed to invade even the most remote areas of our environment and has also been reported in several tissues of the human body. Plastic production levels have exploded since the 1950s and continue to rise. The problem is so pervasive and daunting that we sometimes find ourselves placing a little too much…

Mehdi Leman is a Content Editor for Greenpeace International, based in France.
May 14, 2024
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Learn About Plastic Pollution: Why we need a strong Global Plastics Treaty

Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, but a strong Global Plastics Treaty must bring an end to it – from production to disposal.

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October 6, 2023

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