U.S. production volume of plastic 2010-2023
total global plastic production amounted to over 400 million metric tons in 2022.
In 2023, the total plastics production volume in the United States was 130.1 billion pounds - representing an increase of 3.7 percent from the previous year. Plastics production in the U.S. has increased by roughly 30 million metric tons relative to the output in 2010. The largest annual production growth over the past decade occurred in 2018, when the year-over-year output increased by six percent. In comparison, the