I bet the author of this article confused plastics and microplastics!
When one suffers from Plastophobia please seek immediate medical help!
"The world produces over 430 to 460 million metric tons of plastic every year." (Google Search)
This junk journalism was again published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)!
"Many millions of tons of microplastics are released into the environment every year. How much of that load is transported to the ocean by rivers? Qin et al. have provided a global dataset of daily riverine concentrations and export fluxes of microplastics. They found that microplastic export by rivers is much higher than previously realized; that the great majority of that export occurs in the global south; and that rainfall creates dramatic spikes in microplastic concentrations and fluxes, the overwhelming majority of which occur in developing countries. Better waste management is essential if these fluxes are to be reduced."
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