(UN report 10/21) From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution
Report from UN environment programme
21 OCTOBER 2021
From Pollution to Solution: A global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution reveals the impact of marine litter and plastic pollution in the environment and their effects on the health of ecosystems, wildlife and humans.
Table of Contents
- The current recycling rate of plastics is still quite low at 10%.
- Even the bio-based plastics tend to be toxic or fragmenting into microplastic particles or could not be biodegradable in the marine environment.
