one "ironic" thing is that Styrofoam has longest cycle (1My..~never) but is used for most massive once-only usages like meat packaging..
While looking at the beach day-by-day, 50% of the trash spit by sea is.. wet-wipes.
Edit: ironical -> ironic
While looking at the beach day-by-day, 50% of the trash spit by sea is.. wet-wipes.
Edit: ironical -> ironic
Basically the three industries that count are FMCG/food retail, appliances, and fishing.
However, just because you don't see plastic doesn't mean it's not there. A lot of the plastic waste gets burned in Asia and then pollutes waterways and makes its way to the ocean, largely because many countries still lack decent waste infrastructure. I imagine it's similar in Africa and South America.
In non-appliance supply chain, a waste reduction strategy that seems to be increasing is reusable 'chunks' of styrofoam rather than custom molded large pieces. This facilitates reuse assuming the volume-in and volume-out of shipment at a site is similar (it never is).
FYI ironic is an adjective already in English, you don't need to add the '-al' (ironical is not a word). Your English is better than my Slavic :)
Seriously, our worst enemy are probably the articles.
I was lamenting to them how wasteful/expensive were the wet pad refills, and Dad goes, "you think you could rinse some out and reuse them?" Oh... hmm... what a pragmatic idea