Projections of plastic waste by disposal method, World, 2019 to 2060
Mismanaged plastic waste is plastic that is either littered or inadequately disposed. A country's total does not include waste that is exported overseas, where it may bemismanaged.
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- Amount of plastic waste exported by air
- Amount of plastic waste that is imported by air
- Beach litter
- Cumulative global production of plastics
- Cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
- Decomposition rates of marine debris items
- Global plastic production with projections
- Global plastic waste generation by industrial sector
- Global plastics production
- Global primary plastic production by industrial sector
- Global primary plastic production by polymer
- Global primary plastic waste generation by polymer
- Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic by life-cycle stage
- Greenhouse gas emissions from plastics
- 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 waste accumulated in aquatic environments
- Plastic waste accumulated in rivers and lakes
- Plastic waste accumulated in the oceans
- Plastic waste by disposal method
- Plastic waste by disposal method with projectionsOECD
- 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 exports and imports by income group
- Plastic waste generation
- Plastic waste generation by region and industrial sector
- Plastic waste generation by region and polymer
- Plastic waste generation per person
- Plastic waste per capita imports vs. exports
- Plastics collected in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- 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 global plastic waste imports
- Share of ocean plastics that come from the largest emitting rivers
- Share of plastic waste exports
- Share of plastic waste that is incinerated
- Share of plastic waste that is mismanaged
- Share of plastic waste that is recycled
- Share of plastic waste that is recycled, landfilled, incinerated and mismanaged
- Share of plastic waste that is sent to landfill
- 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?