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Plastic collected for recycling or landfill (iStock image)

A grim legacy looms without action being taken on our relationship with plastic

By late 2015 around 5,800 million tons of plastic waste had been generated, with 60% discarded to landfills or the natural environment, such as the oceans. According to the World Economic Forum, an estimated 8 billion tons of plastic are still being dumped into our oceans every year, most of which fragments into microplastic particles.

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