Greenpeace Plastics Calculator

As it stands the world is on track to.

Greenpeace plastics calculator.

Take the quiz here. A results page from the greenpeace plastic use calculator. Production use and fate of all plastics ever made roland geyer jenna r. Greenpeace the changes that need to happen are systemic.

The calculator itself is relatively simple and features only basic plastic items. Up to 12 7 million tonnes of plastic enters our ocean every year. If everyone in the uk did this we d be getting through over xxx pieces of plastic a day. Marine birds and plastic pollution marie y.

But we need to go much further to end the flow of plastics into the ocean. It is estimated that up to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter our ocean each year. We need governments and businesses to take action to reduce the plastic waste in our everyday lives but have you ever wondered how much plastic you actually use. The flow of plastics into our environment has reached crisis proportions and the evidence is most clearly on display in our oceans.

Sources and links. You currently use over xxx items of plastic in a year. Supermarkets are starting to talk about what they need to do. Azzarello edward s.

Rex weyler is an author journalist and co founder of greenpeace international. Jambeck and kara lavender law science advances 19 july 2017. Van vleet marine.