Think about this: “If you could monetize all of the plastic garbage around the world, you could buy the NFL, Apple and Microsoft,” Business Insider reports.
According to this year’s Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year, the winner is 90.5 percent. That number describes the amount of plastic that has never been recycled. When it came time to make a decision for this year’s statistic, a panel of judges accepted nominations from statisticians and the general public on what they feel is today’s most pressing issue.
