- How is plastic pollution measured and why does it need to be measured globally?

We can all picture examples of littering, but how bad is it? Jasmin and Antonia discuss methods for measuring the amount of plastic that ends up in the environment, termed plastic leakage, and how it goes back to local waste management.
Fact check:
The methodology behind measuring plastic in the ocean
Global statistics about plastic waste per capita and plastic leakage
70% of the population of the Philippines don’t have access to waste disposal facilities
Illegally dumped waste the size of a football pitch in Oxford
UK plastic production statistics from Plastic Europe
The destinations of UK plastic waste after China banned foreign imports in 2018

Further reading:
The impact of UK plastic waste on Turkey's environment