The world produces 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year, study shows

That’s enough pollution each year to fill New York City’s Central Park with plastic waste as high as the Empire State Building.

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.