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Plastic - Wikipedia Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic materials composed primarily of polymers Their defining characteristic, plasticity, allows them to be molded, extruded, or pressed into a diverse range of solid forms
Plastic Pollution Growing at Troubling Rate With Significant . . . A major new report published today by The Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners, “Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025: An Assessment of the Global System and Strategies for Transformative Change,” finds that the scale and impact of plastic pollution is far worse than previously thought, with far-reaching consequences for the environment and human health and well-being
Impacts of Plastic Pollution | US EPA Plastic pollution poses a threat to the marine environment It puts marine species at higher risk of ingesting plastic, suffocating, or becoming entangled in plastic pollution Research indicates that more than 1,500 species in marine and terrestrial environments are known to ingest plastics
Plastic pollution | UNEP - UN Environment Programme UNEP supports governments, businesses, financial institutions, and other stakeholders in driving a just transition to a circular economy for plastics, helping to reduce plastic pollution and its impacts
Plastic Pollution Facts Get the latest facts about plastic pollution and its impact on human health, social justice, environmental, climate, and wildlife
PLASTIC Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PLASTIC is a plastic substance; specifically : any of numerous organic synthetic or processed materials that are mostly thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers of high molecular weight and that can be made into objects, films, or filaments
Plastic - Scientific American Plastic coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field
Plastic Pollution - Our World in Data On this page, you can find all of our data, visualizations, and writing on plastic pollution The first synthetic plastic – Bakelite – was produced in 1907, marking the beginning of the global plastics industry However, rapid growth in global plastic production didn’t happen until the 1950s
Plastic Pollution - California Ocean Protection Council Plastic pollution harms wildlife and ecosystems, and may be harming our health Roughly 11 million metric tons of plastics are estimated to enter the global ocean each year, and California communities are estimated to spend more than $428 million annually to clean up and control plastic pollution