A new study claims that India is the world’s leading producer of plastic waste. India’s annual production of 10.2 million tonnes of plastic waste is more than double that of other countries in this row.
–Galla S Kiran Kumar, Bureau Chief
New York: India is the world’s leading producer of plastic waste, says a new study. India’s annual production of 10.2 million tonnes of plastic waste is more than double that of other countries in this row. China, which is fourth on the list after Nigeria and Indonesia, has been making excellent efforts to reduce waste. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Russia and Brazil are the next largest producers of plastic waste. More than half of the world’s plastic waste is generated from these 8 countries. America is 90th and Britain is 135th. According to a study by researchers from the University of Leeds in Britain, 57 million tons of plastic waste is produced annually in the whole world. From the oceans to the highest mountains, this waste is filling up. Finally, even human bodies are unable to escape from these. Two-thirds of this waste comes from the southern hemisphere, the study said. About 4 km with this waste generated annually. Researchers claim that New York City’s Central Park could be filled to the height of the 380-meter-tall Empire State Building. They studied locally produced plastic waste from 50,000 cities and towns around the world for the journal ‘Nature’ published on Wednesday. Researchers who have studied plastic going into the open air haven’t taken into account plastic that ends up in landfills that aren’t burned properly. Lagos in Nigeria has been identified as the city that produces the most plastic waste in the world. Delhi and Karachi are also included in this list.
