how much plastic is there on our plant

Question: how much plastic is there on our plant
- Keywords:
  environment,
  planet,
  plastic
Asked by bump46zip to Annette, Amy Heather on 18 Nov 2019.
- Annette Wilson answered on 18 Nov 2019:
  
  There is a new study just out on this! The scientists that did the study think there is 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic and that 6.3 billion metric tons is plastic waste!
- Amy Heather Fitzpatrick answered on 21 Nov 2019:
  
  Annette was bang on point with her numbers below. Most of the plastic that we use ends up in our bin and is not recycled or repurposed.
  
  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/07/plastic-produced-recycling-waste-ocean-trash-debris-environment/

Question: how much plastic is there on our plant