Apr 15, 2025 · This webpage hosts tips for reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic waste in your life.

Improving the management of plastic waste across the world – especially in poorer countries, where most of the ocean plastics come from – is therefore critical to tackling this problem. On …

Nov 18, 2025 · Studies have found that plastic products and their waste can be toxic to humans. They enter and potentially harm the body through food, water, and skin contact. Some …

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes …

Jun 7, 2019 · Every year, about eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations. That’s the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every foot of …

Despite their material value, plastics often end up landfilled at end-of-life (EoL) and are a major source of marine litter. Plastic leakage from the economy results from low-cost virgin plastic …

Plastics are the largest, most harmful and most persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 per cent of total marine waste Plastic packaging is the reason for the majority (36 ...

Jun 30, 2025 · From packaging to clothing, electronics to vehicles, plastics are integral to modern life. Their lightweight nature, durability, and low cost have made them incredibly popular. …

Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their …

May 12, 2025 · The EPA Plastics website page helps provide an overall detailed, quantitative data on how much plastic waste is being generated, recycled, combusted for energy, and landfilled …