EU plastic waste exports in 2020.
Turkey was the main destination for European Union exports of plastic waste in 2021, with a volume of 395,000 metric tons. Malaysia ranked second that year, receiving 133,517 metric tons of plastic waste from the EU Member States. Turkey became the main destination forMain destinations for plastic waste exports from the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by country (in metric tons)
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Statistics on Plastic waste in Europe
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global plastic use shares 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste generation worldwide 1980-2019, by application
- Premium Statistic Share of global plastic waste management 2019-2060, by method
- Premium Statistic Mismanaged plastic waste shares worldwide 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Regional shares of ocean plastic waste inputs worldwide 2019
Generation
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- Premium Statistic Plastics consumption in the European Union 1980-2019
- Premium Statistic Generation of plastic packaging waste in the European Union 2005-2019
- Premium Statistic Generation of plastic packaging waste per capita in the European Union 2005-2019
- Premium Statistic Generation of plastic packaging waste in the European Union 2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Generation of plastic packaging waste per capita in the EU-27 2020, by country
Waste management
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- Premium Statistic Share of plastic waste management in Europe 2019, by method and region
- Premium Statistic Plastics post-consumer waste treatment in Europe (EU27+3) 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Plastics post-consumer waste treatment in Europe (EU27+3) 2006-2020, by method
- Premium Statistic Plastic packaging waste treatment in Europe (EU27+3) 2006 & 2020, by treatment type
- Premium Statistic Recycling rate of plastic packaging waste in the EU 2010-2019
- Premium Statistic Recycling of plastic packaging waste in the EU-27 2010-2019, by country
Trade
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- Premium Statistic Annual plastic waste exports from the EU-27 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste exports by the EU-27 2015-2021, by destination
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste exports by the European Union 2021, by destination
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste exports from the European Union EU-27 2021, by country
Pollution
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- Premium Statistic Support for an international treaty to combat plastic pollution in Europe 2021
- Premium Statistic Opinions on banning single-use plastics in Europe 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Estimated illegal dumps containing plastic waste in Europe 2022, by selected country
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste leakage to the environment from the European Union 2019-2060
- Premium Statistic Number of waste items found along the coastlines of Europe 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of waste items found along the coastlines in Europe 2020, by country
Outlook
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Further related statistics
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- Plastic waste trade value in the EU 2000-2021
- Plastic waste exports from the European Union EU-27 2021, by country
- Annual plastic waste exports from the EU-27 2005-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exports to China from Japan 2017-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exports to Malaysia from Japan 2017-2021
- Share of plastic waste exports from Japan 2021, by region
- Volume of plastic waste exports to Indonesia from Japan 2017-2021
- Annual plastic waste exports from the UK 2020-2021, by type
- Annual plastic waste imports in the EU 2004-2021
- Plastic waste exports from Spain 2010-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exports to Taiwan from Japan 2017-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exports to Vietnam from Japan 2017-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exports to India from Japan 2017-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exports to Thailand from Japan 2017-2021
- Plastic waste exports from Spain 2020, by country of destination
- Volume of plastic waste exported annually from the UK 2000-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exported from the UK 2020-2022, by month
- Quarterly plastic waste exports from the United States 2018-2022
- UK plastic waste exports to Turkey 2012-2021
- Volume of plastic waste exported from the UK 2021, by select country
- Export value of plastic waste from Japan 2018-2021
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Eurostat. (May 10, 2022). Main destinations for plastic waste exports from the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by country (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269996/plastic-waste-export-destinations-european-union/
Eurostat. "Main destinations for plastic waste exports from the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by country (in metric tons)." Chart. May 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269996/plastic-waste-export-destinations-european-union/
Eurostat. (2022). Main destinations for plastic waste exports from the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by country (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269996/plastic-waste-export-destinations-european-union/
Eurostat. "Main Destinations for Plastic Waste Exports from The European Union (Eu-27) in 2021, by Country (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269996/plastic-waste-export-destinations-european-union/
Eurostat, Main destinations for plastic waste exports from the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by country (in metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269996/plastic-waste-export-destinations-european-union/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Main destinations for plastic waste exports from the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by country (in metric tons) [Graph], Eurostat, May 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269996/plastic-waste-export-destinations-european-union/