How plastic gets in the ocean

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