# Drowning in Plastic - 1950-2017
**URL:** https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/drowning-in-plastic-1950-2017/1986
**Category:** Plastic & Waste
**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/drowning-in-plastic-1950-2017/1986 "2023-06-19T13:45:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@aishwarya.sudhir](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/aishwarya.sudhir)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/drowning-in-plastic-1950-2017/1986/1 "2023-06-19T13:45:47Z")
> **[Drowning in plastic: Over 75% of plastic produced between 1950 to 2017 become...](https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/science/drowning-in-plastic-over-75-of-plastic-produced-between-1950-to-2017-become-waste-how-big-a-monster-have-we-created/3130307/)**
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> There’s no relief in recycling. No alternatives too seem viable.
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### Author:  [@Mari](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/Mari)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/drowning-in-plastic-1950-2017/1986/2 "2023-06-23T05:14:10Z")
> **[Humans inhale microplastics equal to a credit card every week - HealthQuill](https://healthquill.com/humans-inhale-microplastics-equal-to-a-credit-card-every-week/)**
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> About 16.2 bits of microplastic are inhaled by humans every hour — that constitutes a credit card for an entire week, according to research published by the American Institute of Physics.
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### Author:  [@abhishektiwari](https://grove.rainmatter.org/u/abhishektiwari)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/drowning-in-plastic-1950-2017/1986/3 "2023-09-14T13:13:34Z")
On plastic reuse - [https://youtu.be/hw4CH-Jg6lY](https://youtu.be/hw4CH-Jg6lY)