We’ve Wasted More Plastic Than You Can Imagine

We've wasted so much plastic, it's almost impossible to picture. In 2018, the Royal Statistical Society decided its International Statistic of the Year was 90.5: the percent of all plastic waste that's never been recycled. The sheer scale of that number is hard to fathom, so we put together some examples to show you just how much plastic waste humanity has created. -- Producer/Video by: Jason Lederman Research: Sara Chodosh Rachel Feltman Music: APM Music Media: Pixabay Pexels Deposit Photos (http://bit.ly/2IVTKsa) -- FOLLOW POPULAR SCIENCE https://www.popsci.com Facebook: http://bit.ly/1mDk8YO Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/popsci Instagram: http://bit.ly/2ieE7iU Snapchat: http://bit.ly/2fSZV2X Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2idLrLJ http://bit.ly/2LiWyS7 Popular Sciencehttp://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.pngMay 02, 2019 at 03:38PM https://ift.tt/eA8V8J