Volume of plastic waste exported from the UK 2020-2023, by month

Published by
Bruna Alves,
Oct 18, 2023
In August 2023, exports of plastic waste from the United Kingdom amounted to nearly 52,772 metric tons. Just one month earlier, figures reached the highest value recorded since March 2021, having surpassed 56,800 metric tons. Annual plastic waste exports from the United Kingdom have been on a mostly downward trend since they peaked in 2011.

Monthly exports of plastic waste from the United Kingdom from January 2020 to August 2023 (in metric tons)

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2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2020 to August 2023

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Figures have been rounded.

This statistic uses original data from the HM Revenue and Customs and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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