We looked for South Africa's 'missing' plastic litter. This is what we found
2020-06-08 14:50
Every year, the world produces about 300 million tonnes of plastic. Somewhere between 5 million and 12 million tonnes of it finds its way into the oceans, according to a 2015 study by Jenna Jambeck and colleagues. But only a tiny fraction of that is estimated…
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