Here's the graph of global plastics production: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/exports/global-plastics-production.svg https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/exp

Here's the graph of global plastics production: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/exports/global-plastics-production.svg https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/exports/global-plastics-p... It's an exponential curve. Most plastic made was made relatively recently. This is less obvious in the first world, where we've had consumer plastics for many decades. Most growth in plastic use happens outside the US.