Why the UK needs to stop exporting plastic waste
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Source: https://canadianinquirer.net/2022/11/26/why-the-uk-needs-to-stop-exporting-plastic-waste/
Author: Steve Fletcher
The world produces a vast amount of plastic. Global plastic production increased from 2 million metric tons in 1950 to 348 million metric tons in 2017. Yet much of this plastic is wasted: 86% of the world’s plastic waste in 2016 was either incinerated, sent to landfill or leaked into nature.