The global plastics crisis explained in 6 charts

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By Joseph WintersAug 8, 2025, 4:30 am98 pts
Since plastic began to be mass-produced in the 1950s, the material has been building up in the environment and in people’s bodies. These five graphs illustrate just how bad the problem has gotten, and why delegates from more than 170 countries have committed to negotiating a global, legally binding treaty to…

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