tonnes of plastic projected to be produced in 2060
Production has gone from 2 million tonnes in 1950 to 475 million in 2022 and is set to reach 1,200 million tonnes by 2060.
- Value
- 1,200M
- Unit
- tonnes
- Data year
- 2060
- Trend
- Rising
- Source name
- Lancet Countdown on health and plastics 2025
- Source link
- doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01447-3
- Confidence
- Evidence: High
- Caveat / scope
- Projection; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) baseline is 1,231 million tonnes. 'Nearly triple' is accurate, 'triple' slightly overstates.
- Verified on
- 22 September 2026
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