Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down111
arrow-up11Karrow-down1external-linkTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareUncleGrandPa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoMeaning almost 90 percent of everything ever made of plastic is still around
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoThe other 10% is also still around just in different shapes.
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoMost of plastic trash is burned, so it’s around only in the form of CO2 and other chemicals in the atmosphere.
Meaning almost 90 percent of everything ever made of plastic is still around
The other 10% is also still around just in different shapes.
Most of plastic trash is burned, so it’s around only in the form of CO2 and other chemicals in the atmosphere.