Plastic - Take-aways

Question 1

is midway atoll habited?

Answer 1

no

Question 2

how many pieces of plastic are already in the oceans?

Answer 2

5 trillion

Question 3

how many tons of plastic leak into oceans yearly?

Answer 3

8 mil

Question 4

how many plastic botttles do amercians use every hour?

Answer 4

2.5 bottles

Question 5

how does plastic affect birds?

Answer 5

they eat it and feed it to their kids - kills thrm

Question 6

will humans end up inadvertently ingesting plastic?

Answer 6

yes - eating fish

Question 7

when did china stop uying low value plastic?

Answer 7

2018

Question 8

what % of plastic is made from fossil fuels?

Answer 8

99%

Question 9

how much will plastic production increase within 30 years?

Answer 9

double

Question 10

how long hae mass produced plastics been made?

Answer 10

70 years

Question 11

how many tons of plastic end up in the landfill each year?

Answer 11

32 M

Question 12

how big is the GPGP?

Answer 12

620,000 miles - twice the size of texas

Question 13

how much of plastic waste is actually recycled?

Answer 13

9%

Question 14

what surprisingly puts a lot of plastic in the ocean?

Answer 14

washing machines

Question 15

in the usa how many tons of plastic is generated?

Answer 15

48 M

Question 16

how much of usa plastic gets recycle?

Answer 16

5-6%