single-use plastic waste generation per capita, at 59 kilograms per person.
China generated the most single-use plastic waste in 2019, at 25.4 million metric tons. This was followed by the United States, where an estimated 17.2 million metric tons of single-use plastic waste was generated. While Australia's net single-use plastic waste generation in 2019 was considerably lower at 1.5 million metric tons of single-use plastic waste, it had one of the highest rates of Largest single-use plastic waste generating countries worldwide in 2019 (in million metric tons)
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