Related research and data

Charts

• Annual plastic waste by disposal method
• Electronic waste recycling rate
• Food waste per capita
• Global share of plastic waste by disposal method with projectionsGeyer et al. (2017)
• Hazardous waste generated per capita
• Mismanaged plastic waste
• Mismanaged plastic waste per capita
• Most common items of waste in the ocean by region
• Municipal waste recycled
• Municipal waste recycling rate
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita
• Plastic waste generation
• Plastic waste generation per capita
• Proportion of population served by municipal waste collection
• Recycling rates of paper and cardboard
• Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
• Share of plastic waste that is recycled
• Share of plastic waste that is recycled, landfilled, incinerated and mismanaged
• Share of required information submitted to international environmental agreements on hazardous waste and other chemicals
• Total waste generation
• Treatment of hazardous waste
• What are the most common items of waste found in rivers and oceans?
• What items of waste do we find in rivers and the ocean?