Plastics and the Environment

These infographics show how plastics end up on the ocean floor

Microplastics are invisible to the naked eye, yet are a very real killer. Image: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Hannah Ritchie
Researcher, Our World in Data
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