Water Pollution Facts 2024 News. Delegates from 175 countries are in busan for the fifth and ostensibly final meeting to curb plastic pollution, but lingering divisions cast doubts on. Plastic kills fish and sea animals and takes hundreds of years to break down into less harmful materials.
Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. Ocean plastic pollution is set to grow fourfold by 2050, says a new report.