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English: Global quantities of plastic produced and disposed of annually, showing the estimated amounts disposed of via landfill, recycling and incineration.

Based on data by Geyer et al. (2007) and specifically data sets held on Commons:

Some of which is also held in graph form at:

Global plastics production, OWID.svg
Global plastic waste by disposal, OWID.svg

Created by user:Project Osprey
Date
Source (July 2017). "Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made". Science Advances 3 (7): e1700782. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.1700782 .
Author Roland Geyer, Jenna R. Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law
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Global quantities of plastic produced and disposed of annually, showing the estimated amounts disposed of via landfill, recycling and incineration.

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