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Global share of plastic consumption by class 2018

Published by M. Garside, Feb 17, 2020
As of 2018, almost 50 percent of the plastics consumed worldwide belonged to the polyolefins group. Within this group, polypropylene and low-density polyethylene were the plastic types with the largest share of consumption globally.

Distribution of plastic consumption worldwide in 2018, by plastic class*

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Release date

January 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

* PP, LDPE and HDPE belong to the group of polyolefins. The rest of the types are categorized as "all other plastics".
PP: polypropylene.
LDPE: low-density polyethylene.
HDPE: hig-density polyethylene.
PVC: polyvinyl chloride.
PUR: polyurethane.
PS: polystyrene.
PET: polyethylene terephthalate.

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