Sentence examples for quantity of plastic from inspiring English sources

An earlier version of this post misstated the estimated quantity of plastic in landfills in the United States.

"The quantity of plastic produced in he first 10 years of this century is likely to approach the quantity produced in the entire century that preceded it".

New research published today in the journal Science offers the first real estimate at the quantity of plastic waste entering the ocean.

A sobering discovery of the deep-sea portion of the expedition was the sad ubiquity and quantity of plastic discarded by humans.

Fresh ingredients, especially from Blue Apron and Plated, were comparable to (or, surprisingly, better than) what I can buy on the trip home, although the quantity of plastic and cold packs required to ship them was often alarming.

Currently, the growing quantity of plastic wastes has become one of the most important pollution/environmental issues in the world.

The agency also expects to award a new four-year marine debris research contract designed to gain a better understanding of the movement, distribution, and quantity of plastics off the remote northwestern Hawaiian islands.

In their Darwinian world, where life and death is measured out in quantities of plastic bottles, they are considered industrious, even lucky.

Ever since I learned of the vast quantities of plastic that have found their way to Midway Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, I cannot pass a piece of litter without stooping to pick it up.

In its continuing effort to thwart attacks, the United States military said today that troops seized large quantities of plastic explosive and weapons during recent raids in Iraq, without specifying where they occurred.

The artist says his aim is to galvanise the local community to combat the large quantities of plastic waste now blocking sewers in cities and endangering wildlife habitats along the coastline.