In 2025, the global volume of plastic waste will exceed the threshold of *** million tons, of which nearly ** percent will end up in landfills and only about ** percent will be recycled. Projections indicate that the volume of plastic waste will steadily increase in the coming decades, surpassing * billion tons by 2060. By that year, the recycling rate will have nearly doubled its current value, although the proportion of plastic disposed of will remain relatively stable.
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