World's plastic waste could bury Manhattan 2 miles deep

Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 13:33 in Earth & Climate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there's enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash, according to a new cradle-to-grave global study....

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