Not long before plastic pollution is impacting human health

We’re heading for a situation where there is more plastic in the sea than fish. It has even entered the food chain, writes Carolyn Moore.

If we continue dumping our plastic waste in the sea at current levels, the ocean will contain more plastic than fish by 2050.

That sobering projection was presented to the World Economic Forum by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2016, in a report which has joined a growing list of studies highlighting the shameful impact that plastic waste is having on the marine environment.