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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
The World’s Plastic Problem Is Only Getting Worse - Bloomberg Plastic pollution is already bad, and it’s only slated to get worse A lot worse A new analysis of the rising tide of plastic is the subject of today’s newsletter Plus, a widely-referenced
About Plastic Products and Plastic Pollution | US EPA Plastic products are generally versatile, durable and lightweight Plastic products are prominent in the construction, transportation, and packaging industries Plastic innovations contributed to many life-saving products that revolutionized the health care industry
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
Everything you need to know about plastic pollution Affordable, durable and flexible, plastic pervades modern life, appearing in everything from packaging to clothes to beauty products But it is thrown away on a massive scale: every year, more than 280 million tonnes of short-lived plastic products become waste