{"id":47838,"date":"2024-05-24T11:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T10:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=47838"},"modified":"2024-05-24T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T10:23:29","slug":"ambitious-targets-needed-to-eradicate-ocean-plastic-pollution-by-2100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/ambitious-targets-needed-to-eradicate-ocean-plastic-pollution-by-2100\/47838\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambitious targets needed to eradicate ocean plastic pollution by 2100"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new study suggests that reducing plastic pollution by 5% per year would stabilise the level of ocean plastic.<\/h2>\n
However, the modelling shows that even reducing pollution by 20% per year would not significantly reduce existing ocean plastic levels, meaning they will persist beyond 2100.<\/p>\n
The United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) aims to adopt a legally binding resolution by 2040 to completely eradicate the production of microplastics, including in the ocean.<\/p>\n