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- According to The New Plastics Economyreport, people worldwide could be ingesting 5 g of microscopic plastic particles every week, equivalent in weight to a credit card.
- It is the first study to estimate the weight of plastics consumed by individual humans. According to the study, an individual consumes about 250 g annually.
- The study also noted that on current trends, the ocean will contain one metric tonne of plastic for every three metric tonnes of fish by 2025.
- Recently, a separate study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology has noted humans may be consuming anywhere from 39,000 to 52,000 micro plastic particles a year.
- Microplastics are plastics which are less than five mm in diameter in size. Sources of micro plastic include clothing, cosmetics, industrial processes etc.
- Microplastics pollution has become a major environmental concern. Scientists have discovered micro plastics in a remote area of the Pyrenees Mountains, which runs between France and Spain. Other recent studies have found micro plastics in farmland soils near Shanghai, China, in the Galápagos Islands, a UNESCO world heritage site, and in rivers in the Czech Republic
- According to a 2017 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report, microplastics are estimated to constitute up to 30% of marine litter polluting the oceans.
