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The good thing about plastic is that it is recyclable. Well, some plastics. And then, you have to sort them upstream. And it is often difficult to recycle it more than once. In the end, only 10% of plastic packaging is recycled in the world. So what happens to the 6.3 billion tons of plastic that have been produced and then thrown in the trash since the 1950s? Landfills, incineration, decomposition in nature... while plastic production is likely to double by 2050, there is still no satisfactory solution for treating it. Made from hydrocarbons, inexpensive, it is nevertheless considered the disposable material par excellence. Explanations in video. _______ Subscribe to Le Monde's YouTube channel now: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... _______ Subscribe to Le Monde's YouTube channel now: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...