while you are reading this article, look around you, how many of the objects you see does have plastic as their main material? yes we use plastic a lot.
to give you a small example :
we buy 1 million plastic bottles every minute around the world
yes it’s true, based on an article by the Guardian 1 million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute, and this number is set to increase 20% in 2021 if we don’t act.
in another example we have the usage of plastic bags
we use 2 million plastic bags every minute, world wide
based on a 2014 article of ECO WATCH , between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide annually.
where are we going to end up eventually?