Thursday, 11 December 2014

Good job, humans: The oceans now contain 5 trillion pieces of floating plastic

Good job, humans: The oceans now contain 5 trillion pieces of floating plastic


A major new study of the world's oceans has reached a shocking conclusion: Thanks to humans, there are now over 5 trillion pieces of plastic, weighing more than 250,000 tons, floating in water around the world. With a global population of about 7.2 billion, that's nearly 700 pieces per person.

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