It seems almost unbelievable, but we in the United States consume nearly 5 grams of plastic every week. That adds up to about ...

Globally, 8.3 billion tons of plastic was produced from 1950 to 2015. Most was single-use plastic, now discarded, and only 6% of the cumulative total has been recycled, ...

Since the 1950s, plastic production has grown exponentially, increasing by more than 100% over the past two decades. The detrimental effects of plastic production are widely acknowledged. Plastic ...

Plastic bag bans have spread across the nation, ... a problem that has grown to epic proportions since the 1950s. Thin, single-use plastic bags were first developed in the 1960s in Europe.

Since the 1950s, plastic production has grown exponentially, reaching 58 million tonnes in Europe in 2022 alone. This has led to massive amounts of waste. Over time, wind, waves, ...

However, since 1950, plastic waste totaling more than 6.3 billion tons has been generated, and it is believed that more than 140 million tons of plastic waste has accumulated in the aquatic ...