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‘There was this moment I realized … I can account for all humanity’s plastic.’ Illustration: Susie Cagle/The Guardian

Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950. This is the illustrated story of where it's gone

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‘There was this moment I realized … I can account for all humanity’s plastic.’ Illustration: Susie Cagle/The Guardian

Until recently we didn’t know how much plastic was piling up around us. When we found out, the picture wasn’t pretty

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