Analysis: We consume up to a credit card’s worth of plastic *every* week | CNN
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Here’s something that will haunt you: You likely consume the rough equivalent of a credit card’s worth of plastic every single week, according to a World Wildlife Fund study.
  • k_rol@lemmy.ca
    6·
    3 months ago

    You know what, I thought the average would be higher, I feel a bit better. Not much though.

  • owiecc
    3·
    3 months ago

    At more or less they explain why this claim is not true: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5tqj

    The original study claims 0.1-5g/week of plastic dependent on the diet. The BBC expert says they overestimate this range a lot due to their methodology.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
      11·
      3 months ago

      Well that’s a bit more encouraging, although as they say at the end the real question is how many small particles we consume that can get into the blood stream instead of passing through the system.

  • jwt
    1·
    3 months ago

    I was thrown off by the word ‘consume’ in combination with credit card. ‘Ingest’ would have been a better choice of words in this context imo.

  • BiezelbobEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Thats not too shabby! Credit cards are like 5 grams of plastic