As of 2019, around 469.2 thousand tons of single-use plastic bags were consumed in South Korea, followed by 71.4 thousand tons of PET bottles and 45.9 thousand tons of plastic cups. That year, single-use plastic consumption per capita in South Korea amounted to around 11.5 kilograms.
Volume of single-use plastic items consumed in South Korea in 2019 (in 1,000 tons)
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Greenpeace. (2019). Volume of single-use plastic items consumed in South Korea in 2019 (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1100577/south-korea-single-use-plastic-consumption/
Greenpeace. "Volume of Single-use Plastic Items Consumed in South Korea in 2019 (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1100577/south-korea-single-use-plastic-consumption/
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Volume of single-use plastic items consumed in South Korea in 2019 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Greenpeace, December 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1100577/south-korea-single-use-plastic-consumption/