Jun 15, 2019
Chart: How much plastic the world has produced since 1950
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Plastics are increasingly hardwired into the global economy, from shipping to building to computing.
Key stat: In 65 years, we've gone from producing very little plastic to more than 400 million metric tons in 2015.
Go deeper: The global plastic problem is even bigger than you think
