India tops plastic waste: 9.3-million-tonnes a year

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers led by Joshua W Cottom created an inventory of plastic emissions that highlighted the challenges of managing plastic pollution. This research utilised machine learning to analyse waste management practices around the world, revealing that simply managing plastic waste was not enough to tackle the problem. Instead, it suggested the need for significant reductions in the production and consumption of new plastics made from fossil fuels.

by Anushka Chourasia