This report collected data from forty studies regarding the ingestion of microplastic particles. However, despite the dangers of plastic pollution being so widespread, roughly 300 million plastic waste is generated worldwide every year.
A recent report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International has revealed that an average person could be ingesting plastic equivalent to the size of a credit card each week. This report collected data from forty studies regarding the ingestion of microplastic particles. However, despite the dangers of plastic pollution being so widespread, roughly 300 million plastic waste is generated worldwide every year.