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    The worldwide consumption of plastic bottles is rising rapidly. Each minute, 1 million plastic bottles are sold globally. In 2016, 480 billion plastic bottles were sold total, up from 300 billion in 2004. Most plastic bottles end up in landfills or polluting the environment, with 5-13 billion kilograms of plastic waste entering oceans each year. Recycling efforts have failed to curb the massive volume of plastic bottle waste, with less than half of bottles recycled in 2016.

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    The worldwide consumption of plastic bottles is rising rapidly. Each minute, 1 million plastic bottles are sold globally. In 2016, 480 billion plastic bottles were sold total, up from 300 billion in 2004. Most plastic bottles end up in landfills or polluting the environment, with 5-13 billion kilograms of plastic waste entering oceans each year. Recycling efforts have failed to curb the massive volume of plastic bottle waste, with less than half of bottles recycled in 2016.

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    9/12/23, 6:11 PM The world’s population consumes 1 million plastic bottles every minute - Plastic Soup Foundation

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    THE WORLD’S POPULATION CONSUMES 1 MILLION


    PLASTIC BOTTLES EVERY MINUTE
    The worldwide consumption of plastic is still rising. In 2016, 480 billion plastic bottles were sold while in 2004, this was still 300 billion.
    Now, one million plastic bottles are sold every minute and the number of bottles sold yearly will increase to 583.3 billion in 2021. These
    are the findings of research done by Euromonitor, an institute that carries out international market research.

    According to the research, the enormous demand for plastic bottles is largely the result of the urbanisation of China. According to
    Rosemary Downy, head of packaging at Euromonitor, almost one quarter of all plastic bottles are consumed in China. In 2015 alone,
    almost 68.4 billion plastic bottles of water were sold in China. This number rose to 73.8 billion in 2016.

    Less than half of all purchased plastic bottles in 2016 were collected for recycling. Only 7% of these bottles went to make new PET
    bottles. Most plastic bottles ended up in rubbish dumps or in the environment. It is estimated that every year between 5 and 13 billion
    kilos of plastic waste ends up in the ocean – the equivalent of one full rubbish collection lorry every minute.

    The statistics produced by Euromonitor triggered Recycling Netwerk to call on the political parties that are currently sitting around the
    negotiation table, forming a new government. They are requesting the negotiators to include this issue on the agenda of the new
    coalition government.

    In February, the Dutch government showed willingness to explore ways to reduce the number of plastic bottles in litter by 90%. In
    doing so, they listened to the wishes of The House of Representatives. A wide majority of The House of Representatives rallied behind
    Merijn Tinga (Plastic Soup Surfer), who collected almost 58,000 signatures, urging them to set a deposit system on small plastic
    bottles. The then Minister of the Environment, Sharon Dijksma, promised to submit a proposal to The House of Representatives this
    autumn.


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