Plastic pollution is a planetary level threat which affects Earth’s environment and ecosystems.From the poles to deep ocean basins,the growth of plastic waste has already exceeded its limits.The projected increase of...Plastic pollution is a planetary level threat which affects Earth’s environment and ecosystems.From the poles to deep ocean basins,the growth of plastic waste has already exceeded its limits.The projected increase of plastic production and waste generation over the coming years makes the situation even more daunting.Even after stagnation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,the global plastic production has also increased from 335 to 391 million metric tons(Mt)between 2016 and 2021(Fig.S1 online);yet currently post-consumer recycled and bio-based/attributed plastics only accounts~9%of the world’s plastic production[1].Statistically.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42322105 and 42071082)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0608503)+5 种基金the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(2019QZKK0605)State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science(SKLCS-ZZ-2023)Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Program(22ZD6FA005)Longyuan and Outstanding YouthFund of Gansu Province(23JRRA612).supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research,Innovation Program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie(101023635)Ocean Frontier Institute iPDF Canada First fund。
文摘Plastic pollution is a planetary level threat which affects Earth’s environment and ecosystems.From the poles to deep ocean basins,the growth of plastic waste has already exceeded its limits.The projected increase of plastic production and waste generation over the coming years makes the situation even more daunting.Even after stagnation in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,the global plastic production has also increased from 335 to 391 million metric tons(Mt)between 2016 and 2021(Fig.S1 online);yet currently post-consumer recycled and bio-based/attributed plastics only accounts~9%of the world’s plastic production[1].Statistically.
