Paint: the big source of ocean microplastics you didn’t know about

Sep 7, 2020

The estimated amount of microplastics from paint that could be entering the world's oceans is equivalent to 150-225 billion plastic bottles.

Tore Angelskår

Chief Executive Officer, Pinovo

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The pathway by which plastic enters the world's oceans Image: Our World in Data

*Coatings World, **assuming 1-1.2 kg per litre of paint and 40-50% plastic content, ***assuming 50-75% of the paint residuals are not collected

Microplastics in the surface ocean, 1950-2050 Image: Our World in Data

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