Laura Tobin Instagram – 🌍 #EarthDay-Planet vs. Plastics 🚮 plastic fantastic? It has so many great uses but we create too much of it- seven billion tonnes of plastic waste have been generated globally so far. ♻️ And here’s (one of) the big issues-less than 10 per cent of all plastic we’ve ever created has been recycled! 📉There is a call to reduce plastic production by 60-percent by 2040 & full elimination of single use plastics by the end of this decade. 🏔️ Did you know plastic has been found on the highest mountain and deepest ocean 🌊 🐠 If we keep producing plastic at our current rate, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish! 🔥 We need fossil fuels to create plastic and also when we incinerate it (it actually produces more carbon per tonne, than burning coal) 🌡️ Fossil fuels cause our global temperatures to rise. So no surprise from the European State of the Climate 2023 report released today that found last year was the joint warmest or second warmest year on record depending on the dataset. It also found that Europe is the fastest warming continent, coupled with experiencing more extreme weather events, from doughts to widespread flooding and severe heat waves with wildfires affecting millions. If we can reduce plastic production we can help to tackle the climate crisis. @gmb