Globally, an estimated 22 million metric tons of plastics leaked into the environment in 2019. Of this total, 88 percent were macroplastics, with microplastics accounting for the remaining 12 percent. Transportation-related microplastics, such as from tire wear particles, accounted for the largest share of microplastics leakage that year.
Distribution of total global macro-and microplastics leakage to the environment in 2019
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