APAC: mismanaged plastic waste by subregion 2025

In 2015, it was estimated that East Asia and the Pacific region would be responsible for more than 60 percent of the global mismanaged plastic waste by 2025. Approximately 12 percent of mismanaged plastic waste worldwide were projected to be generated in South Asia that year.

Share of the total global mismanaged plastic waste generated in the Asia-Pacific region in 2025, by subregion

Characteristic	Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
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April 2022

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Asia, APAC

Survey time period

2015

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Regarding the definition of mismanaged plastic waste, the source states the following:
Mismanaged plastic waste is defined as "plastic that is either littered or inadequately disposed. Inadequately disposed waste is not formally managed and includes disposal in dumps or open, uncontrolled landfills, where it is not fully contained. Mismanaged waste could eventually enter the ocean via inland waterways, wastewater outflows, and transport by wind or tides."

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