WASHINGTON (AP) — A cradle-to-grave study of global plastics finds industry has made more than 9 billion tons of plastic since 1950.
The research shows there's enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash.
Plastics don't break down like other man-made materials, so three-quarters of the stuff ends up as waste in landfills, littered on land and floating in oceans, lakes and rivers.
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