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Global plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060: OECD

Al Jazeera English · last updated

A world severely blighted by plastic pollution is on track to see the use of plastics nearly triple in less than four decades, according to newly released findings.

Annual production of fossil fuel-based plastics is set to top 1.2 billion tonnes by 2060 and waste to exceed 1 billion tonnes, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Friday.

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