kyodo of that consumption is one part of the story obviously production is another when plastic was invented it was praised as a wonder material extremely useful cheap and easy to manufacture a huge industry developed making a lot of money producing plastic packaging and bottles there are some facts and figures. stick is versa town it can be a lasting or hard transparent or opaque take on virtually any shape. it's an amazing material that has become indispensable in medicine electronics construction and even mobility. since the 1950 s. production has skyrocketed plastic has meant huge profits for industry because it's cheap and easily disposable except it isn't greenpeace says coca-cola pepsi and nestle are the world's largest producers of plastic trash coca-cola sells 88000000000 plastic bottles here if you lined them all up they'd spam the equator 600 times. and plastic production continues to grow today industry has produced more than 8000000000 tons of plastic by 2050 that total is expected to reach 12000000000 tons. incredible numbers that we won't be able to do without plastic anytime

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