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Household plastic waste daily discharge South Korea 2008-2020, by disposal type

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 27, 2022
In 2020, around twelve thousand tons of household synthetic resin waste was discharged into pay-as-you-go waste bags for landfill or incineration daily in South Korea, whereas 6.73 thousand tons per day were discharged for recycling separately. That year, around 11 thousand household synthetic resin waste was generated daily and the recycling rate stood at around 55.8 percent.

Average daily volume of household plastic waste discharged in South Korea from 2008 to 2020, by type of disposal (in 1,000 tons)

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Release date

2022

Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2008 to 2020

Supplementary notes

The category's name and scope was changed in 2019 from including solely plastic waste to "synthetic resin waste".

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