Global plastic waste by disposal
Estimated share of global plastic waste by disposal method.
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- Cumulative displaced plastic waste as a result of Chinese import ban
- Cumulative global production of plastics
- Cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
- Cumulative recycled plastic export value by top ten exporters
- Decomposition rates of marine debris items
- Extrapolated change in plastic fate
- Global plastics production
- Grocery bag comparisons for greenhouse gas emissions
- Grocery bag comparisons of environmental impact
- How much plastic waste did China import?
- Macroplastics in the surface ocean
- Mean product lifetime of plastic uses
- Microplastics in the surface ocean
- Mismanaged plastic waste
- Mismanaged plastic waste per capita
- Mismanaged plastic waste per capita vs. GDP per capita
- Most common items of waste in the ocean by region
- Per capita plastic waste vs. GDP per capita
- Plastic exports to China by top 10 exporting countries
- Plastic waste emitted to the ocean
- Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita
- Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita vs. GDP per capita
- Plastic waste generation
- Plastic waste generation by industrial sector
- Plastic waste generation per person
- Primary plastic production by industrial sector
- Primary plastic production by polymer type
- Primary plastic waste generation by polymer
- Probability of mismanaged plastic waste being emitted to ocean
- Share of cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
- Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
- Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean
- Share of ocean plastics that come from the largest emitting rivers
- Surface plastic mass by ocean basin
- Surface plastic particles by ocean basin
- What are the most common items of waste found in rivers and oceans?
- What items of waste do we find in rivers and the ocean?