Every year, about 430 million tons of plastic products are produced around the world a figure that could triple by 2060. Only around 9% of plastics are actually recycled. The rest is incinerated, goes to landfill or ends up in the environment, where it can take centuries to degrade. But, even then, it never fully disappears. Most discarded plastic splinters into microplastic tiny fragments that are less than 5 millimeters in diameter. Microplastics have been found almost everywhere and a new report shows we are drinking far more than previously know. What can we do about this menace ?
