Tracking where global plastic waste ended up in 2010
270
million metric tons
275
million metric tons
Global plastic production
Total plastic waste
99.5
million metric tons
Coastal plastic waste
39.9
million metric tons
Coastal mismanaged
plastic waste
8
million metric tons
Plastic waste goes
into the ocean
270
million metric tons
275
million metric tons
Global plastic production
Total plastic waste
99.5
million metric tons
Coastal plastic waste
39.9
million metric tons
Coastal mismanaged
plastic waste
8
million metric tons
Plastic waste goes
into the ocean
270
million metric tons
Global plastic production
275
million metric tons
Total plastic waste
99.5
million metric tons
Coastal plastic waste
39.9
million metric tons
Coastal mismanaged
plastic waste
8
million metric tons
Plastic waste goes
into the ocean