Source: A whopping 91% of plastic isn’t recycled | National Geographic, by Laura Parker
Mass production of plastics, which began just six decades ago, has accelerated so rapidly that it has created 8.3 billion metric tons
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Plastic takes more than 400 years to degrade, so most of it still exists in some form. Only 12 percent has been incinerated.
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6.3 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. Of that, only nine percent has been recycled.