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• Annual global plastic use
• Annual plastic waste by disposal method
• Beach litter
• Cumulative displaced plastic waste as a result of Chinese import ban
• Cumulative global production of plastics
• Cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
• Cumulative recycled plastic export value by top ten exporters
• Decomposition rates of marine debris
• Environmental impacts of different types of grocery bags
• Global plastic production with projections
• Global plastics production
• Global primary plastic production by industrial sector
• Global primary plastic production by polymer
• Global primary plastic waste generation by polymer
• Global share of plastic waste by disposal method with projectionsGeyer et al. (2017)
• Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic by life-cycle stage
• Greenhouse gas emissions from plastics
• How much plastic waste did China import?
• Macroplastics in the surface ocean
• Mean product lifetime of plastic uses
• Microplastics in the surface ocean
• Mismanaged plastic waste
• Mismanaged plastic waste per capita
• Mismanaged plastic waste per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Most common items of waste in the ocean by region
• Per capita plastic waste exports and imports by income group
• Per capita plastic waste vs. GDP per capita
• Plastic exports to China by top 10 exporting countries
• Plastic waste accumulated in aquatic environments
• Plastic waste accumulated in rivers and lakes
• Plastic waste accumulated in the oceans
• Plastic waste by disposal method with projectionsOECD
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Plastic waste generation
• Plastic waste generation by industrial sector
• Plastic waste generation by region and industrial sector
• Plastic waste generation by region and polymer
• Plastic waste generation per capita
• Plastic waste per capita imports vs. exports
• Plastics collected in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
• Probability of mismanaged plastic waste being emitted to the ocean
• Projections of plastic waste by disposal method
• Rivers that contribute the most to ocean plastic pollution
• Share of cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
• Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
• Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean
• Share of global plastic waste imports
• Share of plastic waste exports
• Share of plastic waste that is incinerated
• Share of plastic waste that is mismanaged
• Share of plastic waste that is recycled
• Share of plastic waste that is recycled, landfilled, incinerated and mismanaged
• Share of plastic waste that is sent to landfill
• Surface plastic mass across the world's oceans
• Surface plastic particles across the world's oceans
• What are the most common items of waste found in rivers and oceans?
• What items of waste do we find in rivers and the ocean?