Marine plastic pollution costs the world up to $2.5bn a year, researchers find

Marine plastic pollution costs the world up to $2.5bn a year, researchers find: A crab stuck in plastic in Verde Island Passage, Batangas City, Philippines.Scientists warn that social and economic price of plastic waste to global society has been underestimatedPlastic pollution in the world’s oceans costs society billions of dollars every year in damaged and lost resources, research has found.