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7. Juni 2022 · 7 June 2022. By Kelly Oakes,Features correspondent. Alamy. Most discarded plastic waste is still with us - entombed in landfills or polluting the environment (Credit: Alamy) Plastic has seeped...
What really happens to the plastic you throw away? 5,985,958 views |. Emma Bryce |. TED-Ed. • April 2015. Read transcript. Talk details. Watch next. We've all been told that we should recycle plastic bottles and containers. But what actually happens to the plastic if we just throw it away?
27. Juli 2022 · Story | 27 Jul, 2022. The plastic pollution crisis. Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces.
19. Okt. 2023 · ARTICLE. The World's Plastic Pollution Crisis Explained. Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health. Can it be cleaned up? Grades. 5 - 8. Subjects. Conservation. Image. Children Play among Plastic.
25. Apr. 2023 · #beatplasticpollution together this World Environment Day 2023. Watch on. Overall, 46 per cent of plastic waste is landfilled, while 22 per cent is mismanaged and becomes litter. Unlike other materials, plastic does not biodegrade. This pollution chokes marine wildlife, damages soil and poisons groundwater, and can cause serious health impacts.
28. Apr. 2023 · UNEP’s 2021 report From Pollution to Solution warned that chemicals in microplastics “are associated with serious health impacts, especially in women”. These can include changes to human genetics, brain development and respiration rates, among other health issues.
31. Jan. 2012 · The best solutions for our plastic problem are still to reduce our use of them, and to reuse and recycle whenever possible. More policies that ban plastic bag use, require bottle deposits and expand recycling would help. But millions of tons of plastic waste still sit in landfills around the country; technologies that are able to tap ...