cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/collapse/p/1543307/plastic-pollution-will-more-than-double-by-2040-yielding-a-garbage-truck-s-worth-of-was
Right now, an estimated 130 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year. By 2040, that number will jump to 280 million metric tons—about a garbage truck’s worth every second, according to a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
I guess one of the upsides of Limits to Growth is that if industrial production drops 50% in the next 10 years then the production of plastic pollution at least should fall too (unless I misunderstand things)