Plastic waste is one of the biggest issues facing the planet today, with its impacts stretching far and wide. It can be found polluting the tallest mountains to the deepest ocean trenches, and can affect human health, destroy ecosystems, and harm wildlife – especially marine species. The ...
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California has introduced a new law that seeks to make the producers and vendors of plastic packaging responsible for waste, attempting to curb the amount that ends up polluting the oceans. Many environmental groups have supported this law; however, others have raised concerns about giving the plas...
(2019), have reported global production of 60–99 Mt plastic waste in 2015 and projected that by 2060 it could reach 155–265 Mt/year. Despite efforts to reduce plastic waste, it is expected that the discharge of such waste will remain high in the future, particularly in regions such as...
Plastic packaging waste statistics 2012: 34% recycling, 35%energy recoEU 27+2 recycled 5.4m tonnes, 34.7%, of all its plastic packaging waste in 2012, easily surpassing the EU's minimum target of 22.5%, says the annual report PlasPackaging Europe...
These were the smallest rates of decline recorded since June 2023 for new home prices and in May 2023 for used home prices, data from China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on 16 December. The numbers suggest the market may be bottoming out, with 21 of 70 cities repor...
Plastic inputs to the Atlantic Ocean were calculated using the estimates of the global plastic waste generation from 1950 to 2015 (ref.19; Supplementary Table2). The fraction of the global plastic waste, by weight, that has entered the Atlantic by 2015 was calculated by first considering the ...
E-commerce has also given rise to multiple shopping instances, which were previously non-existent and thus contributed to excessive packaging plastic waste. However, until recently, the e-commerce sector in India has managed to escape the shackles of the plastic waste management legislation and was...
oriented lifestyle has expectedly created concerns over sustainability and environmental pollution. While the country's developed petrochemical industry has incorporated some solutions for dealing with plastic waste, actions within the household still heavily influence the state of plastic waste in the ...
Premium statistics Industry-specific and extensively researched technical data (partially from exclusive partnerships). A paid subscription is required for full access. Read more Value of global plastic resin shipments 2005-2019 Published byStatista Research Department,Jun 28, 2024 ...