Will plastics subsume our lives...With environmental consciousness getting high we are getting more of cotton bags..But will plastics consumption be avoided...Not likely!
This chart from the World Economic Forum report The New Plastics Economy Rethinking the future of plastics shows the growth in Global Plastics Production 1950–2014. Data source: PlasticsEurope, Plastics – the Facts 2013 (2013); PlasticsEurope, Plastics – the Facts 2015 (2015).