ocean plastic pollution was emitted from the Pasig river in the Philippines, which runs through Manila.
An estimated 81 percent of global ocean plastic waste was emitted from Asia in 2019. The second largest plastic waste emitting region was Africa, which accounted for eight percent of ocean inputs. Huge quantities of plastic waste ends up in the ocean from rivers, especially those with nearby cities. In 2019, more than six percent of Distribution of global plastics waste emitted to the ocean in 2019, by region
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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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- Share of macroplastics in freshwater environments in Europe 2019
- Public opinion in Scotland on the concerns of marine waste on wildlife in 2016
- Experience of plastics litter in Great Britain 2017
- Global polluting rivers by plastic inputs to oceans 2017
- Italy: density of plastic materials in seawater 2017, by place
- Survey on plastic pollution measures in the UK 2019
- Survey on probability of plastic pollution in seas in the next 50 years UK 2016-2019
- Global volume of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by material 2015
- Global weight of plastic pieces in oceans 2014
- Global plastic input share from rivers into oceans by region 2015
- Australia's marine plastic pollution share by source 2015
- Organizations' approach to change management worldwide by sector 2019
- Market distribution of medication error reporting globally 2018, by region
- Enterprise applications/solutions businesses are most likely to focus on 2020
- Purposes for moving databases to the cloud among global organizations 2020
- Gruma: net sales 2014-2018
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- Share of macroplastics in freshwater environments in Europe 2019
- Public opinion in Scotland on the concerns of marine waste on wildlife in 2016
- Experience of plastics litter in Great Britain 2017
- Global polluting rivers by plastic inputs to oceans 2017
- Italy: density of plastic materials in seawater 2017, by place
- Survey on plastic pollution measures in the UK 2019
- Survey on probability of plastic pollution in seas in the next 50 years UK 2016-2019
- Global volume of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by material 2015
- Global weight of plastic pieces in oceans 2014
- Global plastic input share from rivers into oceans by region 2015
- Australia's marine plastic pollution share by source 2015
- Organizations' approach to change management worldwide by sector 2019
- Market distribution of medication error reporting globally 2018, by region
- Enterprise applications/solutions businesses are most likely to focus on 2020
- Purposes for moving databases to the cloud among global organizations 2020
- Gruma: net sales 2014-2018
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OWID. "Distribution of global plastics waste emitted to the ocean in 2019, by region." Chart. April 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270799/ocean-plastic-pollution-worldwide-by-region/
OWID. (2022). Distribution of global plastics waste emitted to the ocean in 2019, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270799/ocean-plastic-pollution-worldwide-by-region/
OWID. "Distribution of Global Plastics Waste Emitted to The Ocean in 2019, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270799/ocean-plastic-pollution-worldwide-by-region/
OWID, Distribution of global plastics waste emitted to the ocean in 2019, by region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270799/ocean-plastic-pollution-worldwide-by-region/ (last visited January 27, 2023)
Distribution of global plastics waste emitted to the ocean in 2019, by region [Graph], OWID, April 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270799/ocean-plastic-pollution-worldwide-by-region/