You're consuming approximately  5 grams   of plastic a week.

That's like a credit card!

, you're consuming approximately  0.01 grams  of plastic a week.

That's like a Button!

You can help fix this!


Help us convince governments to sign a global legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution.

Hey, you're consuming approximately  0.01 grams  of plastic a week.


That's like eating a Button!

What can I do to fix this?

A credit card a week?

On average people could be ingesting around 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card. Our study suggests people could be consuming on average over 100,000 microplastics every year. That’s approximately 21 grams a month, just over 250 grams a year.

How is this happening?

Eight million tonnes of plastic pollution ends up in the ocean every year. They break down into tiny bits called microplastics, small enough to enter our food chain, along with other types of microplastics like those that are released when we wash our clothes.



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