India leads in generating plastic waste with 10.2 mn tonnes a year: Study

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India leads the world in generating plastic waste, producing 10.2 million tonnes a year, far more than double the next big-polluting nations, according to a new study.

According to researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK, the world creates 57 million tonnes of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies.

It's enough pollution each year to fill New York City's Central Park with plastic waste as high as the Empire State Building, according to researchers.