![Humans have produced 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic since 1950 – and half has been made in the past 13 years Humans have produced 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic since 1950 – and half has been made in the past 13 years](https://i2.wp.com/www.alphr.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/145629_web.jpg?resize=400%2C550&ssl=1)
Humans have produced 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic since 1950 – and half has been made in the past 13 years
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A Singapore worker inspects a giant tire made by the French company Michelin as it is unloaded at a port in the city state August 12, 2002. The tires, which Michelin says
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Uživatel Bloomberg Economics na Twitteru: „Even if all the world's pork supply would be exported to China, it could only cover 10 million metric tons of the 22 million metric ton 2020
![Veolia on Twitter: "8.3 billion metric tons of virgin plastic were produced between 1950 and 2015. Only 9% of this production was recycled. #Planet https://t.co/A9B8LNXiA9 https://t.co/ACCcohhGEn" / Twitter Veolia on Twitter: "8.3 billion metric tons of virgin plastic were produced between 1950 and 2015. Only 9% of this production was recycled. #Planet https://t.co/A9B8LNXiA9 https://t.co/ACCcohhGEn" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DrVU7vHW4AE8IC-.jpg)