global ocean plastics from rivers in 2019. The Philippines is home to some of the largest plastic polluting rivers in the world.
Every year, approximately 63,000 metric tons of plastic waste is emitted to the ocean from the Pasig river in the Philippines. The Pasig river runs through the capital city Manila, and accounted for an estimated 6.43 percent of Annual plastic waste emissions to oceans from select rivers worldwide as of 2019 (in metric tons)
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Statistics on Global plastic waste
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- Premium Statistic Global plastic production 1950-2021
- Premium Statistic Plastic materials flow worldwide 1950-2017
- Premium Statistic Plastic material production worldwide by region 2021
- Premium Statistic Global plastic waste treatment breakdown 2018, by method
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Generation
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- Premium Statistic Global plastic waste production breakdown 2018, by sector
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste generation worldwide 2016, by select country
- Premium Statistic Per capita plastic waste generation worldwide 2016, by select country
- Premium Statistic Net single-use plastic waste generation worldwide 2019, by select country
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- Premium Statistic Annual plastic packaging waste generated by select companies 2019
- Premium Statistic Biggest single-use plastic producers worldwide 2019
Waste management
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- Premium Statistic Managed and mismanaged plastic waste worldwide 2016-2040
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste flow worldwide 2016-2040, by treatment
- Premium Statistic Mismanaged plastic waste shares worldwide 2019, by region
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Trade
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- Premium Statistic U.S. plastic waste exports 2020-2021, by destination
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Pollution
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- Premium Statistic Quantity of plastic in major marine areas 2019
- Premium Statistic Regional shares of ocean plastic waste inputs worldwide 2019
- Premium Statistic Share of ocean plastic waste inputs worldwide 2019, by country
- Premium Statistic Share of ocean plastic pollution from most polluting rivers worldwide 2019
- Basic Statistic Plastic emissions to oceans per year from select rivers worldwide 2019
- Basic Statistic Macroplastic ocean pollution worldwide 2016, by route
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- Premium Statistic Global waste items found in oceans 2021
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- Single-use plastic beach litter in the Baltic Sea in the EU-28 2017
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- Single-use plastic beach litter in the Black Sea in the EU-28 2017
- Public opinion in Scotland on the concerns of marine waste on wildlife in 2016
- Share of macroplastics in freshwater environments in Europe 2019
- 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
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- Public opinion in Scotland on the concerns of marine waste on wildlife in 2016
- Share of macroplastics in freshwater environments in Europe 2019
- Global polluting rivers by plastic inputs to oceans 2017
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- Survey on probability of plastic pollution in seas in the next 50 years UK 2016-2019
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The Ocean Cleanup. (May 1, 2021). Annual plastic waste emissions to oceans from select rivers worldwide as of 2019 (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270902/ocean-plastic-pollution-from-select-rivers-worldwide/
The Ocean Cleanup. "Annual plastic waste emissions to oceans from select rivers worldwide as of 2019 (in metric tons)." Chart. May 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270902/ocean-plastic-pollution-from-select-rivers-worldwide/
The Ocean Cleanup. (2021). Annual plastic waste emissions to oceans from select rivers worldwide as of 2019 (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270902/ocean-plastic-pollution-from-select-rivers-worldwide/
The Ocean Cleanup. "Annual Plastic Waste Emissions to Oceans from Select Rivers Worldwide as of 2019 (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270902/ocean-plastic-pollution-from-select-rivers-worldwide/
The Ocean Cleanup, Annual plastic waste emissions to oceans from select rivers worldwide as of 2019 (in metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270902/ocean-plastic-pollution-from-select-rivers-worldwide/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Annual plastic waste emissions to oceans from select rivers worldwide as of 2019 (in metric tons) [Graph], The Ocean Cleanup, May 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270902/ocean-plastic-pollution-from-select-rivers-worldwide/