Study: World pumps out 57 million tonnes of plastic pollution a year

A new study by the University of Leeds, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, has found that the world creates 57 million tonnes of plastic pollution every year.

It spreads from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, and more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.

Researchers used AI to model waste management in more than 50,000 municipalities around the world.

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