report put together by Pew Charitable Trust and SystemIQ in a peer-reviewed scientific paper in the journal Science.“No one knows for certain how much plastic, which is virtually indestructible, has accumulated in the seas.
The best guess, made in 2015, was about 150 million metric tons. Assuming things remain the same, the study estimates that accumulation will become 600 million metric tons by 2040,” according to National Geographic.
The report proposes a newly revamped outlook and method to help get plastic out of the world’s oceans by at least 80 percent, and eventually 100 percent, with tools that already exist.RELATED: PPE pollution: Video shows divers removing masks and gloves from ocean“Our analysis shows that a future with.