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“The rate, 50 percent, is our minimum target,” said Atsuo Kono ... and midsize businesses to follow suit. Beverages in plastic bottles made up 76 percent of the quantity of all drinks produced ...

Since the 1950s, as plastic has become a go-to material for dishes, utensils, food storage containers and more, we’ve produced more than 8 billion tons of it around the world. There’s just one ...

Another ambitious target is to ensure 90% of all plastic drinks bottles are collected for recycling by 2025. Currently, bottles and their lids account for about 20% of all the sea plastic ...