A research study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL published in iForest has found evidence that forests can absorb plastic articles
The impact of this on the food chain is still unclear.
It has been estimated that humans ingest about five grams of plastic every week, equivalent to about half a rice bowl, according to Reuters. However, this new data might alter those calculations.
Plastic waste is now polluting all of the world's ecosystems, even those located far from civilisation. The increase in use of single-use plastics to reduce Covid-19 infection rates alone has generated an estimated 8.4 million tonnes of plastic waste generated from 193 countries since the start of the pandemic.
Plastic is extremely slow to decompose. According to the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, a plastic bag takes 10 to 20 years, a plastic straw 200 years and a plastic bottle 450 years to decompose. During decomposition...