Since the early 1950s, humans have produced more than 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic—the weight of around a billion elephants. About 60% of that plastic has ended up in a landfill or in the natural environment, according to the UN Environment Programme, but that pattern may start to change as repair and recycling technology gathers pace.
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