Year after year, we produce increasing amounts of plastic waste. An OECD report from 2020 revealed that we created 450 million tons of plastics that year, with estimates predicting a jump to 1.2 billion tons by 2060. These figures are not unexpected, given the affordability and convenience of plastics, which are indispensable across many economic sectors. Coca-Cola alone produces close to 100 billion PET plastic bottles every year.