Could Privatizing Waterways Help Solve Plastic Pollution

/ Published in Blog, Water Quality & Pollution
Ocean Currents or Gyres
A monumental eco-challenge facing the planet is plastic marine debris. The modern economy has produced more than eight billion metric tons of newly manufactured plastic, but 75% of it becomes plastic waste. It is estimated that approximately five trillion pieces of plastic, or roughly 250,000 metric tons, have littered the waters. So, what can be

Drowning in Garbage

/ Published in Water Quality & Pollution
Landfill
The World produces over 3.5 million tons to garbage a day, 10 times the amount from a century ago, but much less than the 11 million tons researchers estimate by the end of this century.  The world also produces over 300 million tons of plastic annually, of which only a small fraction is recycled.