South Korea: No. 1 in the world for plastic waste discharge:
-No. 1 in the “Disgrace” ranking-
National Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
(NASEM)
NASEM has released a report entitled “The United States for World Marine Plastic Waste.”
“Current status of plastic waste emissions from major countries around the world” is comprehensively organized.
Among them, “Korea is ranked first in plastic waste discharge”.
Percentage of plastic waste:
It is an item that organizes the ratio of plastics in the amount of waste discharged.
-Korea ranks first among the surveyed countries with 24.3%-
“Of the 10 pieces of garbage that are thrown away, 2.4 are plastic.”
“Korea, followed by Britain, Thailand, Algeria, Malaysia, etc.”
South Korea has the highest proportion of plastics among the countries surveyed.
Disposal of plastic waste per person:
Apart from that, it is a disgrace that “Korea is the third largest consumer of plastics in the world.”
The proportion of plastic in the garbage is the highest in the world,
Disposal of plastic waste per person
The result was the third place in the world.
Korean Press-Society / Culture
https://www.wowkorea.jp/news/Korea/2021/1230/10329250.html
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