Note that we’ve visualized plastic waste per capita, which is different from the total amount of waste produced by a country. It is for this reason that major polluters, such as China and India, are not present in this ranking. It’s also worth noting that this focuses on the demand ...
The world is estimated to generate over one billion metric tons of plastic waste by 2060, and this trend seems no different in South Korea. The plastic waste generated from the country's busy and convenience-oriented lifestyle has expectedly created concerns over sustainability and environmental ...
Visualizing Mismanaged Plastic Waste by CountryPlastic is one of the most useful materials around, but its proliferating use has created a ballooning heap of plastic waste, with more than 350 million tonnes generated each year.Only a fraction of plastic waste is recycled, and about one-fifth ...
The United States was one of the top three countries exporting plastic waste to China when the latter country's ban on imported waste went into effect in 2018. The U.S., which had been "exporting around 4,000 shipping containers of garbage to China every day...[then]rerouted most of t...
How much is plastic waste recycled in the United Kingdom? After a rapid growth since 2012, the UK's plastic recycling rate has plateaued in recent years.
Plastic waste is a huge problem in Indonesia,and this has led the country's second-largest city to come up with a novel approach to encourage residents to recycle—free bus rides in exchange for used plastic bottles and cups.The city of Surabaya launched the initiative back in April—the fi...
The United States creates more plastic trash (垃圾) than any other country and ranks third among coastal nations for contributing litter and other mismanaged waste to its beaches. Yet, even with such an amount of plastic waste—scientists measured 46 million tons in 2021 —the U. S. manages...
Many countries are trying to reduce plastic waste. Which country has made a law to ban single-use plastics? A. Japan B. Germany C. France D. Canada 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 C。法国已经制定了法律来禁止一次性塑料制品。选项 A 日本在这方面没有此类明确法律;选项 B 德国也没有专门针对一次...
Which Country Produces the Most Plastic Waste? Measuring which country produces the most plastic waste is not as easy as it sounds, but 2010 data on per capita waste placed Kuwait at the top, with 0.69 kg per person, per day. This was followed by Antigua and Barbuda (0.66 kg), Saint ...
This statistic displays the distribution of plastic waste imports worldwide between January to November 2018, broken down by select country.