Flow of plastic materials worldwide between 1950 and 2017* (in million metric tons)
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Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global plastic production 1950-2022
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- Premium Statistic Plastic materials flow worldwide 1950-2017
- Premium Statistic Plastic production in the U.S. 2022, by resin
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Production
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- Premium Statistic U.S. polyethylene production volume 1990-2019
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- Premium Statistic U.S. HDPE production volume 1990-2019
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- Premium Statistic U.S. polypropylene production volume 1990-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. polystyrene production volume 1990-2019
- Basic Statistic U.S. resin production volume 2010-2022
Segments
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Trade
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- Premium Statistic U.S. plastics industry national shipments value 2013-2021
- Premium Statistic Plastics industry national shipment value in the U.S. 2018-2019, by state
- Basic Statistic Plastic resin shipments value in the U.S. 2004-2019
- Premium Statistic Thermoplastic resin sale shares in the U.S. 2022, by material
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Companies
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- Premium Statistic Plastic & resin manufacturing businesses in the U.S. 2011-2023
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- Premium Statistic U.S. plastics industry employment by select state 2021
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Outlook
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- Global share of plastic waste by disposal method 1980-2015
- PET plastic bottle recycling rates in select countries 2018
- Global flow of plastic packaging waste 2015
- U.S. import volume of waste plastics 2006-2015
- Plastic waste imports worldwide 2022, by leading country
- Plastic waste volume in selected European countries 2016, by treatment
- Global recycled plastic and plastic waste-to-oil market value 2014 & 2024
- Canada's postconsumer plastics recycled by material 2017
- Destination of Canada's postconsumer plastics recycled 2017
- Global volume of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by material 2015
- Global polypropylene resin production volume 2018 & 2026
- Industry revenue of “manufacture of other plastic products“ in Romania 2012-2025
- Industry revenue of “manufacture of other plastic products“ in Finland 2012-2025
- Forecast: operating revenue primary form plastic manufacture China 2008-2020
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- Canada's plastic waste flow by disposal method 2016
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- PET plastic bottle recycling rates in select countries 2018
- Global flow of plastic packaging waste 2015
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- Plastic waste volume in selected European countries 2016, by treatment
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- Global volume of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by material 2015
- Global polypropylene resin production volume 2018 & 2026
- Industry revenue of “manufacture of other plastic products“ in Romania 2012-2025
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Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. (December 1, 2020). Flow of plastic materials worldwide between 1950 and 2017* (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/959995/flow-plastic-materials-worldwide/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. "Flow of plastic materials worldwide between 1950 and 2017* (in million metric tons)." Chart. December 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/959995/flow-plastic-materials-worldwide/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. (2020). Flow of plastic materials worldwide between 1950 and 2017* (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/959995/flow-plastic-materials-worldwide/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. "Flow of Plastic Materials Worldwide between 1950 and 2017* (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/959995/flow-plastic-materials-worldwide/
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Flow of plastic materials worldwide between 1950 and 2017* (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/959995/flow-plastic-materials-worldwide/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Flow of plastic materials worldwide between 1950 and 2017* (in million metric tons) [Graph], Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, December 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/959995/flow-plastic-materials-worldwide/