Ninety-Nine Percent of Plastic Waste Disappears
Every year, we dump 8 million tons of plastic trash into the ocean. And because most of it floats, you might expect it to amass on or just beneath the water’s surface, similar to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. New research suggests that for more than 99% of plastic waste, this isn’t at all the case, The Guardian reports. Several recent studies have shown...
