As of 2020, around 28 billion single-use plastic bags were consumed in South Korea, followed by approximately 5.6 billion PET bottles. That year, the total volume of single-use plastic consumption in South Korea amounted to over 711,000 tons.
Number of single-use plastic items consumed in South Korea in 2020 (in billions), by type
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