Thats 160000 a second. Thats more than a billion kilograms per day.
The Plastic Dilemma 348 Million Tons Of Plastic Produced Per Year Worldwide Half Of Which Becomes Waste Statista
It is estimated that an additional 12 billion tonnes of plastic will be lost to disposal by 2050.
How much plastic is produced each year. And over 700 a year for every single person on the planet. More than 90 percent of synthetic fibers largely polyethylene terephthalate are produced in. In a study published in Science Advance researchers estimate since the 1950s 83 billion tons of plastic has been generated around the world and only 9 per cent of those plastics have been recycled.
And over 700 a year for every single person on the planet. It doesnt take a brainiac to realise that this is wholely unsustainable if things dont change. And its estimated about 130000 tonnes of Australian plastic.
Plastic pollution is very real and single-use plastics are small but have a large impact. Of the 83 billion metric tons that has been produced 63 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. We use 5 trillion plastic bags per year.
Perhaps even more alarmingly the article mentions that we each produce about 3 more waste than we did the year before. Around the world weve built thousands of machines that can collectively produce plastic soft-drink and water bottles at a rate of nearly 20000 per second. Thats 160000 a second.
Over 70 million tons of thermoplastics per year are used in textiles mostly clothing and carpeting. The average UK household produces in excess of a tonne of rubbish each year. Its estimated that more than 10 million tons of.
The incredible versatility of this group of materials accounts for the continued growth in production year. T in 1950 to 322 Mio. Its unlikely that commitments to make more plastic recyclable will.
EPA used data from the American Chemistry Council and the National Association for PET Container Resources to measure the recycling of plastic. And over 700 a year for every single person on the planet. Worldwide our factories now produce approximately 400 million tonnes of plastic per year.
In the US 14 million tons of plastic packaging are produced every year according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Thats 160000 a second. Continuous growth for more than 50 years.
The billions upon billions of items of plastic waste choking our oceans lakes and rivers and piling up on land is more than unsightly and harmful to plants and wildlife. Half of all plastics ever manufactured have been made in the last 15 years. In 2018 plastics generation was 357 million tons in the United States which was 122 percent of MSW generation.
We use 5 trillion plastic bags per year. Of that only nine percent has been recycled. Production increased exponentially from 23 million tons in 1950 to 448 million tons by 2015.
Compound Annual Growth Rate CAGR from 1950 to 2015 is about 86. In 2015 global plastics production grew by 34 compared to 2014. Only about 2 per cent of our waste is converted to energy a much lower rate than some European countries.
Plastics Production 1950 2015 Plastics are a global success story. We can do better than that. The world now produces more than 380 million tonnes of plastic every year which could end up as pollutants entering our natural environment and oceans.
We are producing over 380 million tons of plastic every year and some reports indicate that up to 50 of that is for single-use purposes utilized for just a few moments but on the planet for at least several hundred years. In 2019 the production of plastics totaled around 368 million metric tons worldwide. Plastics production ramped up from 15 Mio.
We can do better than that. In total this equates to around 31 million tonnes or the weight of 3 and a half million double-decker buses.
