Half of all plastic produced is used once and then thrown away, ending up in landfills or unregulated dumps or burnt. It can degrade into microplastics which cause further serious ecological problems.

Plastics are everywhere and the more we know about their effects the more inclined we will be to something about it. Great article here by Marianne Lehnis, published on Forbes.com, exploring the scale of the problem but also some of the initiatives to deal with it.

UNEP’s ISLANDS Programme is working on plastics too in 33 SIDS around the world boosting national and international recycling efforts and raising awareness on how to reduce the plastic burden in SIDS.