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Global Environmental Statistics


 Global environmental statistics indicate that the world produces about 400 million tons of plastic waste every year, one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute around the world, and about 5 trillion plastic bags are used around the world every year.  Approximately 36% of all plastics produced are used in packaging, including single-use plastics for food and beverage containers.

 Nearly 85% of it ends up in landfills or as unregulated waste that pollutes soil, rivers, and even seas and oceans, and about 11 million tons of plastic waste annually flows into the oceans.  There are now 5.25 trillion pieces of large and microplastic found in our ocean and 46,000 pieces per square mile of ocean, weighing up to 269,000 tons.  This could triple by 2040 if historical growth trends continue.

 What's worse is that most plastics don't disappear completely and break down into smaller and smaller pieces.  These microplastics can enter the human body through inhalation and absorption and accumulate in the organs.

The beginning of the current century witnessed a growing awareness of the necessity of reducing the risks of this substance by banning its use in some fields (such as the manufacture of multi-use bags) or recycling. These solutions actually include only a small percentage of the quantities produced, especially the closed recycling processes that take place to some extent.  Infinity.

 In the face of this inability to find a solution to the problem, the processes of natural decomposition of plastic provide a last opportunity to get rid of the huge amounts of plastic that pollute the earth. However, some scientific studies confirm that the real danger of plastic begins with its decomposition in nature.

 The process of natural biodegradation of plastic takes from a few decades to a thousand years, after which the plastic particles break down little by little and eventually reach nanoscale sizes, which is what is expected to happen on a large scale by the end of the current century. 

Contrary to the prevailing idea that natural decomposition will rid the environment of the dangers of plastic  Many researchers believe that the real danger will begin with the spread of plastic nanoparticles in nature, as these particles will be able to spread almost everywhere and penetrate into living organisms

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