The Facts: Plastic

A further 75% recycling saves 1 billion gallons of oil and 44 million cubic yards of landfill every year.

By using reusable beverage containers, ordinary people can eliminate the need for 100 disposable bottles per year.

What is the fuss about plastic? According to research published in "Anthropocene" magazine in 2016, since World War II, humans have produced plastics enough to completely cover the earth with lap! In fact, plastic production has increased 20 times since 1964, reaching 31 million tons in 2014. This number doubles again in the next 20 years, and it is expected to nearly quadrupled by 2050. We are addicted to this! In fact, 8 million tons of plastic per year is over in our ocean. This is the same as dumping the contents of the garbage truck every minute in the ocean. According to the Allen MacArthur Foundation this number is expected to increase to twice per minute by 2030 and to four times per minute by 2050. "The ocean is expected to contain 1 ton of plastic in 20 to 2025. By 2050 the number of fish will exceed the number of fish" Yes, you are not wrong.

Plastic facts are shocking. According to the Maritime Protection Association of 2015, by 2025 the global oceans will include nearly 250 million tons of plastic. Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic flows out of the world economy into the ocean. China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam occupy more than half of marine plastic. These countries have struggled for a long time to cope with population growth, disorganized plastic consumption and waste management. Republic of 9003 or "Ecological Solid Waste Management Act" was enacted in 2001, but the Philippines is one of the countries where plastic waste is disposed of in the sea. Approximately 7 million tons of plastic waste and 500,000 marine conservation groups are produced in this country, which shows that several tons of plastic waste is leaking every year. About 8,600 tons of waste are generated every day in big cities of Manila where more than 12 million people live.