There is increasing international alarm over the sheer volumes of fossil-fuel based plastics entering the environment
In its report, WWF said societies were "unknowingly subsiding" plastic, with their estimates for the lifetime costs of 2019 production equivalent to more than the gross domestic product of India. Since the 1950s, roughly 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced with around 60 percent of that tossed into landfills or into the natural environment.
"Tragically, the plastic pollution crisis is showing no signs of slowing down, but the commitment to tackle it has reached an unprecedented level," said Marco Lambertini, Director General of WWF International, in a statement.The report comes as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature meets in the French port city of Marseille, with one motion under consideration calling for an end to plastic pollution by 2030.
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