e-commerce plastic packaging waste was estimated at more than one billion kilograms worldwide.
The global e-commerce industry used approximately 2.1 billion pounds of plastic packaging in 2019. It is projected that e-commerce plastic packaging use will continue to grow in the coming years, reaching an estimated 4.5 billion pounds by 2025. In 2019, Estimated annual e-commerce plastic packaging use in 2019 with projections to 2025 (in million of pounds)
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Statistics on Global plastic waste
Overview
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Generation
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- Premium Statistic Plastic waste generation outlook worldwide 2019-2060, by application
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste generation worldwide 1980-2019, by application
- Premium Statistic Global plastic waste generation projections 2019-2060, by disposal method
- Premium Statistic Global plastic use and waste projections scenarios 2060
- Premium Statistic Biggest single-use plastic producers worldwide 2021
Waste management
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- Premium Statistic Global plastic waste management market value 2021-2027
- Premium Statistic Global plastic recycling market value 2021-2031
- Premium Statistic Global plastic waste management methods 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Global plastic waste management methods 2019, by select country
- Premium Statistic Global mismanaged plastic waste 2019, by destination
- Premium Statistic Mismanaged plastic waste shares worldwide 2019, by region
- Premium Statistic Mismanaged plastic waste shares worldwide 2019, by select country
Trade
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- Premium Statistic Plastic waste export volume worldwide 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste exports by the European Union 2021, by destination
- Basic Statistic Plastic waste exports in the Netherlands 2021, by destination
- Premium Statistic Volume of plastic waste exported from the UK 2021, by select country
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste export volume Japan 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic U.S. plastic waste exports 2020-2021, by destination
- Premium Statistic Plastic waste import worldwide 2021, by country
Pollution
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- Premium Statistic Global waste items found in oceans 2021
- Premium Statistic Main litter types found in oceans worldwide 2021, by environment
- Premium Statistic Global accumulated plastics stock 1970-2019, by location
- Premium Statistic Regional shares of ocean plastic waste inputs worldwide 2019
- Premium Statistic Share of ocean plastic waste inputs worldwide 2019, by country
- Basic Statistic Plastic emissions to oceans per year from select rivers worldwide 2019
Further related statistics
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- Plastic packaging waste treatment in Europe (EU27+3) 2006 & 2020, by treatment type
- Recycling of plastic packaging waste in the EU-27 2010-2019, by country
- Volume of plastic packaging used by selected global FMCG companies 2020-2021
- Recycling rate of plastic packaging waste in the UK 2012-2021
- Generation of plastic packaging waste in the European Union 2019, by country
- Generation of plastic packaging waste in the UK 2012-2021
- Generation of plastic packaging waste in the European Union 2005-2019
- Generation of plastic packaging waste per capita in the European Union 2005-2019
- Estimated plastic packaging waste volume Japan FY 2013-2022
- Revenue of selected plastic packaging companies worldwide 2021
- Recycling rate of plastic packaging Japan FY 2015-2020
- Global rigid plastic packaging market share 2021, by region
- Share of reusable, recyclable, or compostable plastic packaging by company 2018-2021
- Volume of plastic packaging waste recycled in the UK 2012-2021
- Global flexible plastic packaging market size forecast 2020-2026
- Global market value of sustainable plastic packaging 2021-2026
- Plastic packaging waste recycling and exports in the United Kingdom 2010-2021
- Costs for material recycling of plastic packaging per ton Japan FY 2013-2022
- Costs for chemical recycling of plastic packaging per ton Japan FY 2013-2022
- Recycling price for plastic packaging per ton Japan FY 2022, by method
- Plastic packaging waste recycling stream in the UK 2019
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Oceana. (December 15, 2020). Estimated annual e-commerce plastic packaging use in 2019 with projections to 2025 (in million of pounds) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 26, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271093/annual-e-commerce-plastic-packaging-use-globally/
Oceana. "Estimated annual e-commerce plastic packaging use in 2019 with projections to 2025 (in million of pounds)." Chart. December 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271093/annual-e-commerce-plastic-packaging-use-globally/
Oceana. (2020). Estimated annual e-commerce plastic packaging use in 2019 with projections to 2025 (in million of pounds). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 26, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271093/annual-e-commerce-plastic-packaging-use-globally/
Oceana. "Estimated Annual E-commerce Plastic Packaging Use in 2019 with Projections to 2025 (in Million of Pounds)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271093/annual-e-commerce-plastic-packaging-use-globally/
Oceana, Estimated annual e-commerce plastic packaging use in 2019 with projections to 2025 (in million of pounds) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271093/annual-e-commerce-plastic-packaging-use-globally/ (last visited March 26, 2023)
Estimated annual e-commerce plastic packaging use in 2019 with projections to 2025 (in million of pounds) [Graph], Oceana, December 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271093/annual-e-commerce-plastic-packaging-use-globally/