Plastic Pollution - Our World in Data
Improving the management of plastic waste across the world – especially in poorer countries, where most of the ocean plastics come from – is therefore critical to tackling this problem. On this page, you can find all of our data, visualizations, and writing on plastic pollution.
FAQs on plastics - Our World in Data
2018年9月2日 · How much of global plastic waste is recycled? Can my recycling end up in landfill? Is it really helpful to separate recycling at home? Are all types of plastic equally easy to recycle? How many times can plastic be recycled? How long does it take plastics to break down? Can we use biodegradable plastic instead?
Global primary plastic waste generation by polymer
Plastic waste by disposal method with projections OECD; 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 by region and industrial sector
Where does the plastic in our oceans come from?
2021年5月1日 · In this article we look at the distribution of plastics across the world’s rivers; why some rivers carry a lot of plastics while others have very little; and which countries account for the largest share of plastic pollution.
Most plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch comes from the …
2023年10月5日 · Most of the plastic that enters the ocean comes from land-based sources – it comes from rivers or is swept towards coastlines. Of the plastic entering the ocean, only small amounts are carried far offshore; most plastic either sinks to …
How much plastic waste ends up in the ocean? - Our World in Data
2023年10月5日 · Around 0.5% of the world’s plastic waste. Let’s see how we get to this number. In the chart below you can see the path of plastic waste to the oceans. This comes from the OECD’s Global Plastic Outlook (2022). 1. Nearly one-quarter of the world’s plastic waste is mismanaged or littered. Around 82 million tonnes.
Annual global plastic use - Our World in Data
Global primary plastic waste generation by polymer Global share of plastic waste by disposal method with projections Geyer et al. (2017) Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic by life-cycle stage
How much of global greenhouse gas emissions come from plastics?
2023年10月5日 · In the chart below we see how plastic emissions have changed over time – and what stage of the supply chain they come from. Around 90% come from the production stage – that is, converting fossil fuels into plastics. Emissions from the …
Ocean plastics: How much do rich countries contribute by …
2022年10月11日 · In 2020, low-to-middle-income countries – where plastic waste was at a ‘higher risk’ of entering the ocean (because of poorer waste management systems) – imported around 1.6 million tonnes of plastic waste from rich countries.
Plastic recycling rates are increasing, but slowly, in many regions
2024年3月20日 · Over the last twenty years, plastic waste recycling has considerably increased worldwide, as the chart shows. OECD countries in the European Union, India, and China have spearheaded this growth. By 2019, recycling rates were 12–13%.