Over 30% of all plastic exported from Europe may not be recycled, according to Irish study

Image: Shutterstock/Larina Marina Image: Shutterstock/Larina Marina A NEW STUDY from Irish researchers suggests that nearly a third of plastic exported from Europe isn’t recycled.

With 46% of European separated plastic exported from the country of origin, a large share of all the plastic used on the continent is transported to countries in south-east Asia for waste management. George Bishop, the lead author of the study, said that the work indicates “an important and previously undocumented pathway of plastic debris entering the oceans, which will have considerable environmental and social impacts on marine ecosystems and coastal communities”.

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