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Worldwide Data
Percent share of total production
Percent share of total consumption
The Growing Plastic Pollution Contribution
The total annual output of mismanaged plastic waste disposed in oceans by top 20 countries
Crisis
not only for humans
Worldwide Crisis
Globally, more than 8 million tones per year of single-use plastics are dumped in landfill site or oceans.
Not only a human problem
Humans invented plastic and animals are harmed by it. They eat it, they get caught in it, or get sick because of it. Plastic pollution occurred so rapidly that animals were unable to adjust their behavior around this new material.
Never degrades
Plastic takes at least 100-1000 years to degrade.
Worldwide Data
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Marine creatures a year die of plastic
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Pieces of plastic in every square mile of ocean
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Plastic pieces are dumped into the ocean daily
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Sea birds a year die from plastic
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US dollars to recycle 1 ton of plastic bags
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Tones are dumped into the ocean
1960 - 2018 Data on Plastics in MSW by weight (in thousands of U.S. Tons)
Management Pathway | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Generation | 390 | 2,900 | 6,830 | 17,130 | 25,550 | 29,380 | 31,400 | 34,480 | 35,410 | 35,680 |
Recycled | – | – | 20 | 370 | 1,480 | 1,780 | 2,500 | 3,120 | 3,000 | 3,020 |
Composted | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Combustion with Energy Recovery | – | – | 140 | 2,980 | 4,120 | 4,330 | 4,530 | 5,330 | 5,590 | 5,630 |
Landfilled | 390 | 2,900 | 6,670 | 13,780 | 19,950 | 23,270 | 24,370 | 26,030 | 26,820 | 27,030 |
Bioplastics Market
Global production capacities of bioplastics in 2018
Countries banning single use plastics
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