Volunteers from Green Africa Youth Organization and End Plastic Pollution Uganda examine branded plastic waste and record brand audit data in Kampala, Uganda.
A new study documenting the scourge of plastic waste around the world has found that more than half of branded plastic pollution can be traced back to just 56 companies.
The peer-reviewed analysis used data gathered by volunteers at more than 1,500 events at beaches, parks, rivers and other public spaces. The audits were organized by the environmental group Break Free from Plastic and took place between 2018 and 2022. It is the fourth negotiating round ahead of a final session later this year in South Korea, where parties hope to sign onto a binding international treaty on plastic pollution.
Activists staged a mass "die-in" in front of Ottawa's convention centre to protest what they described as the devastating impacts of plastic pollution on human health and biodiversity.Patricia Corcoran, a professor of Earth sciences at the University of Western Ontario, said the study is "highly significant" given its global reach.In both studies, "food and beverage waste is what's out there — that's not a surprise whatsoever," she said.
But as he pointed out, only nine per cent of all plastics are recycled. The rest end up in landfills or the wider environment."Eliminating these hard-to-recycle plastics is another solution, as is holding these corporations accountable to pay or to design better products that don't make their way into the environment."The study found that more than 50 per cent of the recovered plastic items had no discernible branding after being exposed to the sun, water and air.
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