60% of home 'compostable' plastic ends up in our soil instead

Global plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. A new report shows that plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years. Globally, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled, while 50% ends up in landfills, 22% evades waste management systems, and 19% is incinerated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.