David HoIn the nearly 70 years between 1950 and 2019, the world produced a total of ~9.5 billion tonnes of #plastic.
That's equivalent in weight to the amount of CO₂ we emitted to the atmosphere during the first three months of 2024.
das_menschy@davidho And burning 1 ton of plastic produces approximatelly 2,9 tonnes of CO2.
That's because the carbon (C) in the plastic connects with the oxygen (O2) from the air during burning, so the "additional" weight comes from the air.