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根據本週艾倫·麥克阿瑟基金會在瑞士達沃斯舉辦世界經濟論壇的報告，直到2050年，屆時在海中漂流的塑膠垃圾，重量將會超過魚類總重量。
美國、歐洲與亞洲製造全世界85%的塑膠，歐洲與美國大概生產了一半，亞洲則生產了另一半。
95%的塑膠包裝，經過一次性使用後就廢棄了。
而塑膠的資源回收率，每年也只有5%的有效回收率。其中40%的塑膠垃圾遭到掩埋，另外32%則丟棄到海洋。
這等於每分鐘一台垃圾車往海裡倒的垃圾量。
目前塑膠的生產量為每年3.11億噸，預估至2050年時塑膠年產量將增至四倍。
這將會使海中垃圾與海中魚類重量的比率，由1比5增至1比1。
這則報告勸告大家要採取行動，並對我們使用及回收塑膠的方式全面重新思考。這也勸導塑膠製造商生產不只是能夠重複利用的塑膠，同時也生產能夠分解再利用的塑膠，達到環境永續經營。
英文原文：
By 2050, plastic rubbish in the oceans will outweigh fish, according to a new report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation released at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
The United States, Europe and Asia together account for 85 percent of plastics production, roughly split between the U.S. and Europe on one side and Asia on the other.
Some 95 percent of plastic packaging produced each year is lost to the economy after a single use.
Out of all the plastic produced every year, only five percent is recycled effectively. Around 40 percent is buried in landfills, and about 32 percent reaches the oceans.”
This corresponds to dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute.
The production of plastic, which now stands at around 311 million tonnes a year, is expected to quadruple by 2050.
This will bring the ratio of plastic to fish in the ocean, calculated according to weight, from 1:5 to more than 1:1.
The report urges people to take action and to rethink the way we use and recycle plastic. It also suggests that manufactures help reduce plastic waste by producing not only plastic that is reusable but also compostable plastics, a new generation of plastics that are biodegradable through composting.
