{"id":528,"date":"2019-11-07T16:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climadoor.co.uk\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2022-02-17T12:40:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T12:40:50","slug":"plastic-waste-from-mountain-to-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climadoor.co.uk\/blog\/plastic-waste-from-mountain-to-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"How Plastic Pollution Affects Our Planet: From Mountain Top to Ocean Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s well documented that household plastics are a huge threat to our environment. According to Earthday.org<\/a>, It’s estimated that world plastic production stands at around 340 million metric tonnes, with half of annual plastic production destined for single-use products.<\/p>\n

Just to add a little more perspective to that, it’s estimated that one million plastic bottles are sold per minute and 4 trillion plastic bags are produced annually – 100 billion of which are thrown away in the US alone. It’s a pretty eye-opening thought, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

Though small, single-use plastics are a very large and very real issue. Devastating habitats, killing wildlife and some recent studies have even discovered microplastics in drinking water.<\/a><\/p>\n

The production of plastic seems relentless, and while alternatives are being produced and households and businesses take a more environmentally friendly approach to their own plastic waste, it doesn’t detract from the fact that a lot of damage has already been done.<\/p>\n

In this post, we wanted to highlight just how severe the problem has become and just how widespread the issue of single-use plastics and plastic pollution is in general. It’s a frightening fact that it really does seem that nowhere is safe from harm.<\/p>\n

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Interesting facts about plastic pollution<\/h2>\n