Packaging and containers generated a plastic waste volume of around almost four million metric tons in Japan in 2019. Electrical equipment, electric wire cables, and machines followed, generating around 1.6 million metric tons of plastic waste. Overall, the volume of plastic waste decreased slightly throughout the past decade.
Plastic waste generated in Japan in 2019, by field
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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JEMAI. (July 31, 2021). Plastic waste generated in Japan in 2019, by field (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 01, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1220457/japan-generated-plastic-waste-by-field/
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