Microplastics: Are we facing a new health crisis – and what can be done about it?

"Dead" Sea of Plastic Bottles

How offshore garbage dumping contributes to ocean dead zones

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. Scientists of The Ocean Cleanup have conducted the most extensive analysis ever of this area.

By Feedstock, Process, End Use - Global Forecast, 2025 - 2034

Due to the design potential, diversity, flexibility, low cost, and durability of plastics, their global use now exceeds most other man-made materials in nearly all industrial sectors.

How states handle Plastic ranked from best to worst.