US scientists have calculated the total amount of plastic ever made and put the number at 8.3 billion tonnes. The 8.3 billion tonnes is as heavy as 25,000 Empire State Buildings in New York, or a billion elephants. Of the new report, he said: "We're facing a tsunami of plastic waste, and we need to deal with that. "The global waste industry needs to get its act together and make sure that the ever-increasing amounts of plastic waste generated don't end up in the environment. "We need a radical shift in how we deal with plastic waste.

Source: The Star July 20, 2017 02:37 UTC