This statistic displays the amount of time it takes for various materials to degrade in water. For styrofoam, it takes up to 80 years for degradation. In some of the most polluted parts of the ocean, the mass of plastic can be more than six times the mass of plankton.
Time taken for waste to degrade in water, by material type
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