In terase episode, we see why banning single use plastic can be such a herculean task. The world produces 300 million tons of plastic each year - half of this is just single use plastic. A whooping 91 % of all plastic items aren't recycled and these eventually end up in land films, rivers and oceans. One study claims that global oceans will have to deal with over 29 million tons of Plastic waste by the year 20 forty. At some point, our oceans will have more plastic than fish.