Did you know the history of plastics dates back to the early 1900s? Following the creation of the most versatile kind of synthetic material, it was quickly adopted around the world, making more items accessible and affordable for many.
Yet in the last 50 years, the mass production of plastics worldwide has increased twentyfold while we consume a staggering 381 million tons of plastic annually¹. Mankind’s dependency on this economic material for over a century has come at a steep price. Only 10 percent of plastics are recycled while the remaining 90 percent could take hundreds of years to decompose.
As businesses and individuals, it is up to us to responsibly use resources such as plastic. LIXIL is no exception.