Without new policy, plastic waste will almost triple by 2060
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) projects plastic use rising to 1,231 million tonnes and waste to 1,014 million tonnes by 2060,…
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Industry data: global plastic production reached 431 million tonnes in 2024
Plastics Europe’s annual count shows global output still rising, with Asia making well over half of the world’s plastic.
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Uncollected waste and open burning, not littering, drive plastic pollution
A Nature study finds 52 million tonnes of plastic entered the environment in 2020, most of it burned or dumped where rubbish collection does…
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The origin of the ‘8 million tonnes into the ocean’ figure
Jambeck’s landmark 2015 estimate found 4.8–12.7 million tonnes of land-based plastic entered the ocean in 2010; it is often wrongly quoted as a current…