PERREAULT Magazine JAN | FEB 2016 | Page 19

. It takes 500-1,000 years for plastic to degrade.

. Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle

the earth four times.

. 50 percent of the plastic we use, we use just once

and throw away.

. Plastic accounts for around 10 percent of the total

waste we generate.

. Plastic constitutes approximately 90 percent of

all trash floating on the ocean’s surface, with

46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile.

FACTS

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