Automated Translation:
Plastic content to exceed fish in the sea

Thursday, 28 January 2016

The entire world is being tyrannised by the demon called plastic waste. In the next 35 years, that is, by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans, warned the latest report of the World Economic Forum. In short, the weight of plastic waste will exceed the combined weight of fish in the ocean.

It is said that the forum prepared this report after conducting nearly 200 researches and discussions with 180 experts. By 2025 there will be one tonne of plastic for every three tonnes of fish in the ocean, and by 2050 there will be more plastic than the weight of fish in the ocean, the forum notes, with one-third of all the plastic we produce ending up in the environment. There is also a large amount of plastic mixed in the sea. What is noteworthy is that despite constant appeals, the use of plastic is not decreasing, it has increased 20 times. Plastic production is expected to double in the next 20 years and triple by 2050. Plastic is mainly used for packaging. 95% of all plastic is used only once and thrown away.

Most of that plastic ends up in the ocean. The forum advocated other options, including plastic recycling.