Plastic pollution poses ongoing risks from single-use plastics, roughly half of plastic products are single-use, while global recycling remains around 9%, mismanaged waste reaches oceans in the hundreds of millions of tonnes annually. Oceanic plastics number in the trillions of pieces, ghost gear causes hundreds of thousands of whale and dolphin deaths yearly, and rising microplastics have been detected in human blood in recent studies, By 2040, plastic emissions may rival hundreds of coal-fired plants if trends persist, emphasizing urgent policy and consumer responses.
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