It is estimated that 4.9 million metric tons of plastic is placed on the market (POM) in the United Kingdom each year. Of this total, approximately three quarters becomes waste. Plastic waste pollution is a growing problem worldwide, due to its environmental impacts on land and in oceans and rivers.
Average annual quantity of plastics placed on the market (POM) and plastic waste in the United Kingdom as of 2020
(in million metric tons)
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Eunomia. (July 27, 2020). Average annual quantity of plastics placed on the market (POM) and plastic waste in the United Kingdom as of 2020 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269387/plastic-on-market-and-plastic-waste-united-kingdom/
Eunomia. "Average annual quantity of plastics placed on the market (POM) and plastic waste in the United Kingdom as of 2020 (in million metric tons) ." Chart. July 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269387/plastic-on-market-and-plastic-waste-united-kingdom/
Eunomia. (2020). Average annual quantity of plastics placed on the market (POM) and plastic waste in the United Kingdom as of 2020 (in million metric tons) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269387/plastic-on-market-and-plastic-waste-united-kingdom/
Eunomia. "Average Annual Quantity of Plastics Placed on The Market (Pom) and Plastic Waste in The United Kingdom as of 2020 (in Million Metric Tons) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269387/plastic-on-market-and-plastic-waste-united-kingdom/
Eunomia, Average annual quantity of plastics placed on the market (POM) and plastic waste in the United Kingdom as of 2020 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269387/plastic-on-market-and-plastic-waste-united-kingdom/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Average annual quantity of plastics placed on the market (POM) and plastic waste in the United Kingdom as of 2020 (in million metric tons) [Graph], Eunomia, July 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269387/plastic-on-market-and-plastic-waste-united-kingdom/
