In 2019, approximately 25.36 million metric tons of single-use plastic waste were generated in China, more than in any other country or territory worldwide. India had the second-biggest single-use plastic waste volume in the Asia-Pacific region that year, around 5.58 million tons.
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Minderoo Foundation. (January 24, 2023). Single-use plastic waste volume generated in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308348/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation. "Single-use plastic waste volume generated in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. January 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308348/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation. (2023). Single-use plastic waste volume generated in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308348/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation. "Single-use Plastic Waste Volume Generated in The Asia-pacific Region in 2019, by Country or Territory (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308348/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation, Single-use plastic waste volume generated in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308348/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-by-country/ (last visited July 23, 2024)
Single-use plastic waste volume generated in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Minderoo Foundation, January 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308348/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-by-country/