This statistic displays the distribution of plastic waste imports worldwide between January to November 2018, broken down by select country. In that period, Thailand received about 8.1 percent of the world's imported plastic waste. On December 31, 2017, China put a ban on a large portion of the plastic waste that foreign countries sent to the country for disposal.
Distribution of plastic waste imports worldwide between January to November 2018, by select country*
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Greenpeace. "Distribution of plastic waste imports worldwide between January to November 2018, by select country*." Chart. April 23, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029945/global-importers-plastic-waste-by-country/
Greenpeace. (2019). Distribution of plastic waste imports worldwide between January to November 2018, by select country*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029945/global-importers-plastic-waste-by-country/
Greenpeace. "Distribution of Plastic Waste Imports Worldwide between January to November 2018, by Select Country*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029945/global-importers-plastic-waste-by-country/
Greenpeace, Distribution of plastic waste imports worldwide between January to November 2018, by select country* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029945/global-importers-plastic-waste-by-country/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Distribution of plastic waste imports worldwide between January to November 2018, by select country* [Graph], Greenpeace, April 23, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029945/global-importers-plastic-waste-by-country/