This statistic shows the amount of mercury emissions attributable to the manufacture of plastics products in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2016, in kilograms emitted. Mercury emissions have decreased significantly over the first ten years, falling from 377 kilograms in 1990 to five kilograms in 2000. However, over the following years emissions increased again and totaled 211 kilograms in 2016.
Mercury emissions from the manufacture of plastics products in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2016 (weight in kilograms)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (July 12, 2018). Mercury emissions from the manufacture of plastics products in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2016 (weight in kilograms) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/490008/mercury-emissions-from-plastics-products-manufacture-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Mercury emissions from the manufacture of plastics products in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2016 (weight in kilograms)." Chart. July 12, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490008/mercury-emissions-from-plastics-products-manufacture-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2018). Mercury emissions from the manufacture of plastics products in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2016 (weight in kilograms). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/490008/mercury-emissions-from-plastics-products-manufacture-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Mercury Emissions from The Manufacture of Plastics Products in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1990 to 2016 (Weight in Kilograms)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/490008/mercury-emissions-from-plastics-products-manufacture-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Mercury emissions from the manufacture of plastics products in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2016 (weight in kilograms) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/490008/mercury-emissions-from-plastics-products-manufacture-uk/ (last visited April 24, 2024)
Mercury emissions from the manufacture of plastics products in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2016 (weight in kilograms) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), July 12, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/490008/mercury-emissions-from-plastics-products-manufacture-uk/