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23 lut 2021 · Single-use plastics are the biggest contributors to marine litter and pose severe threats to marine life, human health, and the planet. But how did we get here? When was plastic created? What can we do to take action and reduce the plastic polluting our blue planet?
1 mar 2022 · History relates that in 1907, Belgian chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented the first known synthetic plastic: Bakelite. Two years after he was the first researcher to use the word “plastic” to describe all products created from macromolecules (resins, elastomers, artificial fibres, among others).
Though the story of plastic pollution, big and small, began decades ago in remote central ocean gyres, we now know that plastic debris is ubiquitous across all ocean basins, ecosystems, habitats, and food webs—including in seafood and sea salt.
1 dzień temu · In 1907 the invention of Bakelite brought about a revolution in materials by introducing truly synthetic plastic resins into world commerce. By the end of the 20th century, plastics had been found to be persistent polluters of many environmental niches, from Mount Everest to the bottom of the sea.
The story of plastic pollution, big and small, began in the middle of the open oceans. Today, we know that plastic debris is ubiquitous across all oceans, ecosystems, habitats and food webs – including in seafood and sea salt.
The first synthetic plastic – Bakelite – was produced in 1907, marking the beginning of the global plastics industry. However, rapid growth in global plastic production didn’t happen until the 1950s. Over the next 70 years, however, annual production of plastics has increased nearly 230-fold to 460 million tonnes in 2019.
24 lip 2020 · This book chapter provides a comprehensive account of global plastic production, use, and fate from 1950 to 2017 and thus covers all plastic humankind has ever made. It starts with a brief introduction of plastic’s origin and nomenclature, followed by a...
