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• Plastic Pollution

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• Cumulative displaced plastic waste as a result of Chinese import ban
• Cumulative global production of plastics
• Cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
• Cumulative recycled plastic export value by top ten exporters
• Decomposition rates of marine debris items
• Extrapolated change in plastic fate to 2050
• Global plastic waste by disposal
• Global plastics production
• Grocery bag comparisons for greenhouse gas emissions
• Grocery bag comparisons of environmental impact
• How much plastic waste did China import?
• Macroplastics in the surface ocean
• Mean product lifetime of plastic uses
• Microplastics in the surface ocean
• Mismanaged plastic waste
• Mismanaged plastic waste per capita
• Mismanaged plastic waste per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Most common items of waste in the ocean by region
• Per capita plastic waste vs. GDP per capita
• Plastic exports to China by top 10 exporting countries
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Plastic waste generation
• Plastic waste generation by industrial sector
• Plastic waste generation per person
• Primary plastic production by industrial sector
• Primary plastic production by polymer type
• Primary plastic waste generation by polymer
• Probability of mismanaged plastic waste being emitted to ocean
• Share of cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
• Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
• Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean
• Share of ocean plastics that come from the largest emitting rivers
• Surface plastic mass by ocean basin
• 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?