This statistic displays the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel-based plastics worldwide in 2015, broken down by stage. In that year, the early stages of fossil-fuel based plastics (fossil fuel extraction to resin production) emitted around 1,085 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent worldwide.
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel-based plastics worldwide in 2015, by stage (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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InsideClimate News. (April 15, 2019). Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel-based plastics worldwide in 2015, by stage (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016615/life-cycle-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-based-plastics-globally-by-stage/
InsideClimate News. "Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel-based plastics worldwide in 2015, by stage (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. April 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016615/life-cycle-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-based-plastics-globally-by-stage/
InsideClimate News. (2019). Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel-based plastics worldwide in 2015, by stage (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016615/life-cycle-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-based-plastics-globally-by-stage/
InsideClimate News. "Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Fossil Fuel-based Plastics Worldwide in 2015, by Stage (in Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016615/life-cycle-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-based-plastics-globally-by-stage/
InsideClimate News, Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel-based plastics worldwide in 2015, by stage (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016615/life-cycle-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-based-plastics-globally-by-stage/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel-based plastics worldwide in 2015, by stage (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], InsideClimate News, April 15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1016615/life-cycle-ghg-emissions-fossil-fuel-based-plastics-globally-by-stage/