The wording in this feature is misleading on several points. We don't "consume" plastic. That's precisely the problem. We throw it "away" but it doesn't go away. It stays in someone's formerly beautiful world. Pretty well for ever. Not "for some time".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61393078

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