One billion tonnes of plastic waste to be dumped by 2040

Almost one billion tonnes of plastic waste will be dumped on land and at sea by 2040, according to a major new study.

A new digital model which tracks the movement of plastic rubbish around the world has found that between 2016 and 2040, 961 million tonnes will have been discarded into the environment.

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