Fast facts about plastic pollution. Versatile, pliable, durable, cheap to produce—and ubiquitous. Plastic is all of that. It is also both a life-saving miracle product and the scourge of the Earth.

According to the U.S National Park Service, it takes a plastic bottle 450 years to decompose in the environment. Yes, that’s 450 years. That means that, if Shakespeare had a bottle of soda pop ...

It forecasts that the plastic lifecycle will add 850 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere in 2019, equivalent to the emissions from 189 five-hundred megawatt coal power plants.

According to a Statista analysis, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. The U.S. is a notable exception.

In this Aug. 13, 2015, file photo, a plastic bottle lies among other debris washed ashore on the Indian Ocean beach in Uswetakeiyawa, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Custom Made developed an infographic that highlights the massive scale of the problem of plastics and the easy steps everyone can take to lessen dependency on plastics.

Did you know that India alone generates 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. Around 43 per cent of this comprises of single-use plastic. This BusinessToday.In infographic looks at how ...

INFOGRAPHIC: Our ocean plastic problem is quickly spiraling out of control Environment. Design Fashion Eco Textiles. 05/28/2015. under Eco Textiles, Environment, Recycling, ...

This Infographic Puts The 5p Plastic Bag Charge In Perspective. Kathryn Snowdon — The Huffington Post UK. 05/10/2015 06:19am BST. As the plastic bag charge comes into force in England, ...