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from that abc article Since 2000, more plastic has been produced worldwide that all the preceding years combined, and about a third of the plastic ends up in
by andrekandre 5y ago
from that abc article
Since 2000, more plastic has been produced worldwide that all the preceding years combined, and about a third of the plastic ends up in nature, according to the report.
is that accurate...? what changed after 2000 to enable this??
- Cerium 5y agoI think that the sentence is saying that in the period between 2000 and present day more plastic has been produced in the period from 2000 to -inf. A similar statement can be made about most human industrial products - cement production has a curve that appears to have more area post 2000 than pre.
- maxerickson 5y agoThe human population is much larger and richer.
- throwawaysea 5y agoMy guess is that emergent economies are seeing more disposable income and the adoption of the same consumerist disposable everything habits, supplanting the lifestyle and economies they had previously. It’s especially bad in countries where environmental regulations and enforcement are far behind while consumption has caught up. You’ll often see this in YouTube videos showing garbage trucks just dumping trash (with significant amounts of plastics) straight into rivers, for example.