World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most comes in Global South

FILE - City workers remove garbage floating on the Negro River, which has a rising water level due to rain, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 6, 2022. FILE - A boy walks on the plastic waste at the Badhwar Park beach on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India, June 5, 2023. FILE - A volunteer stands on top of a pile of rubbish collected that day while participating in the Plastic Cup event near Tiszaroff, Hungary, Aug. 2, 2023.

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.