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. 2021 Nov 29;20(1):379–395. doi: 10.1007/s10311-021-01334-4

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Global production of plastics (Data

source: Statista 2020). The production of plastics in 2020 has increased by 36% since 2010. There was a slight decline in plastics production in 2020 because of the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world economy