Every year, a person produces more than 400 million tons of plastic, of which a third is used once and is not recycled in the future.. Up to 2,000 garbage trucks of plastic end up in oceans, rivers and lakes every day, UN News reports..

" Microplastics end up in the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe,"

Plastic, Guterres noted, is produced from fossil fuels - the more plastic, the more fossil fuels are burned and the climate crisis becomes more acute..

But humanity has a solution, reminded the head of the UN. Last year, the global community began negotiations for a legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution, he said..

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“This is a promising first step,” said the Secretary-General, “but we need to get everyone involved. According to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), plastic pollution could be reduced by 80 percent by 2040 if we reuse, recycle, reorient and diversify away from plastic today..

Earlier it was reported that humanity has already violated seven of the eight " Climate, biosphere, water cycle, atmosphere and nutrient cycling on Earth are already at risk for most of the world's population.