Why Do We Need to Recycle Plastics?

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Plastic is a relatively inexpensive and durable material, which is one reason it has been produced en masse during the past decades. A staggering 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics have been produced since 1950. Because plastic is a stable, synthetic material, it stays in the environment for hundreds of years. From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch of plastics floating in our oceans to roadways littered with thousands of bottles, bags, and everything in between, plastic pollution is a genuine problem.