Foreign media: Global marine plastic pollution has reached an "unprecedented level"

According to a report by AFP on March 9, a study warned that global marine plastic pollution has reached an "unprecedented level" in the past 15 years, and urged the world to conclude an international treaty before 2024 to save the planet from these wastes.

According to the report, the study published on the 8th in the journal Public Library of Science Synthesis estimated that there are 170 trillion pieces of plastic on the ocean surface, mainly microplastics, most of which have been discarded in the ocean since 2005. The study estimated the total weight of this pollution to be 2.3 million tons.

The study pointed out that the pollution "has reached an unprecedented level in the past 15 years," and believes that previous estimates have been underestimated. Research predicts that this phenomenon will accelerate if no measures are taken to remedy it.

According to a recent international report, if this trend continues, the use of plastics in the Group of 20 countries will nearly double from 2019 to 451 million tons per year by 2050.

It is reported that over the past year, 175 countries have agreed to draft a binding treaty with the support of the United Nations by the end of 2024, aimed at reducing plastic pollution. The next round of negotiations is scheduled to take place in Paris in May.