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In 1950, global plastic production was 2 million tons. This number soared to nearly 400 million tons in 2017, with more than 12 million making its way into ocean waters. As a first of its kind, representatives from 175 countries came together in Kenya to forge an international agreement addressing plastic waste. The treaty details the life cycle of plastic from its production to its disposal, as well as aiming to reduce plastic pollution. "Today marks a triumph by planet earth over single-use plastics," Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment Program. "It is an insurance policy for this generation and future ones, so they may live with plastic and not be doomed by it."
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