♦ According to researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK, India leads the world in generating plastic waste, producing 10.2 million tonnes a year. the world creates 57 million tonnes of plastic pollution every year. The study also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.
♦ The researchers examined waste produced on the local level at more than 50,000 cities and towns across the world for a study in the journal Nature.
♦ The top 8 plastic polluter countries are: India, Nigeria, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Russia and Brazil. Those eight nations are responsible for more than half of the globe’s plastic pollution, according to the study’s data.
♦ The United States ranks 90th in plastic pollution with more than 52,500 tons (47,600 metric tons) and the United Kingdom ranks 135th with nearly 5,100 tons (4,600 metric tons).
♦ Lagos, Nigeria, emitted the most plastic pollution of any city. The other biggest plastic polluting cities are New Delhi; Luanda, Angola; Karachi, Pakistan and Al Qahirah, Egypt.
Posted Date: September 4, 2024