The shocking extent of Earth's plastic crisis: 220 MILLION tonnes of waste are ... trends now
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Some 220 million tonnes of plastic waste are set to be generated this year alone – the equivalent of 20,000 Eiffel Towers – a new report warns.
The charity EA Earth Action have released their annual study showing that across the globe, 28kg of plastic waste per person will be created in 2024.
They predict that over one third will be mismanaged at the end of its life.
Worryingly, this amounts to a whopping 68.6 million tonnes of plastic that ends up in landfill.
This includes plastic packaging, plastic in textiles and plastic in household waste.
The charity EA Earth Action have released their annual study showing that across the globe, 28kg of plastic waste per person will be created in 2024
The charity EA Earth Action have released their annual study showing that across the globe, 28kg of plastic waste per person will be created in 2024. People living in Belgium are the top generators of plastic
The report also estimates Plastic Overshoot Day, which is the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world's capacity to manage it.
This year, they expect that to land on September 5.
