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RE: The Problem Of Waste In Indonesia: No One Wants To Surf In A Wave Of Trash!

in #life7 years ago

The scale of production contributes to a plastic mountain which is growing vastly year on year. Figures obtained by the Guardian reveal that by 2021 the number of plastic drinks bottles produced globally will reach more than half a trillion.

But only a tiny fraction of these bottles are recycled. Fewer than half of the bottles bought in 2016 were collected for recycling and just 7% of those collected were turned into new bottles. Instead, most plastic bottles produced end up in landfill or in the ocean.
Between 5m and 13m tonnes of plastic leaks into the world’s oceans each year to be ingested by sea birds, fish and other organisms, and by 2050 the ocean will contain more plastic by weight than fish, according to research by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

Louise Edge, oceans campaigner for Greenpeace, said: “Coca-Cola talks the talk on sustainability but the astonishing rate at which it is pumping out single-use plastic bottles is still growing.

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RIDICULOUS!

We don't need these bottles yet everyone prefers to use them!

Also when plastic is recycled, it becomes a lower grade plastic, and if it is recycled again, the grade lowers.

At some point the plastic is so dirty and contaminated that the only solution being implemented is to throw it away, very saddening 😏

Wow, more plastic than actual life, that is horrible!

Thank you for providing us your perspective, I will read up on those studies, sounds very interesting...