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"Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution 'could be' escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. " First: 'could be', let me know when you have
by SapporoChris 2y ago
"Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution 'could be' escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. "
First: 'could be', let me know when you have some verifiable information.
Second: "Global plastic waste generation has grown more than seven-fold in the past four decades to 360 million metric tons per year. " https://www.statista.com/topics/5401/global-plastic-waste/ https://www.statista.com/topics/5401/global-plastic-waste/
Thousands of tons versus a global problem of 360 million tons. If you want to chew gum or not, your choice won't make any difference to the real problem of plastic pollution.
- piokoch 2y agoIn general municipal garbage is a small fraction of all wastes. In Poland municipal garbage is just 10% of all (the rest is industry), and out of this 10% only 15% could be recycled. So, this effort to sort garbage has negligible effect, yet it is costly and resource consuming, so net effect on environment could be easily negative as compared with, say, incineration with energy recovery. Going after chewing gums is just stupid from that perspective.