Scrap plastic exports from the U.S. 2015-2020

Published by Ian Tiseo, Apr 13, 2021
The United States exported 1.37 billion pounds of scrap plastic in 2020, a decrease of 90 million pounds fro m the previous year. Neighboring Canada was the top market for U.S. plastic waste exports in 2020. The volume of plastic waste exported by the U.S. has fallen considerably since 2015, when shipments totaled more than four billion pounds. In previous years China was the main destination for U.S. plastic waste, but in 2017 it introduced restrictions, leading to a decrease in U.S. exports. Then, in 2018, China imposed a ban on recovered plastic imports, which saw U.S. exports plummet further to 2.4 billion pounds that year.

Exports of scrap plastic from the United States from 2015 to 2020* (in billion pounds)

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Release date

February 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 to 2020

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*Figures prior to 2019 were compiled from previous reports

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