In 2019, Singapore generated approximately 76 kilograms of single-use plastic waste per capita, the biggest volume in the Asia-Pacific region. In comparison, Mongolia, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan each generated four kilograms of single-use plastic waste per capita that year. China generated the biggest single-use plastic waste volume in APAC that year, around 25.4 million metric tons.
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Minderoo Foundation. (November 26, 2021). Single-use plastic waste volume generated per capita in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in kilograms) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308409/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-per-capita-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation. "Single-use plastic waste volume generated per capita in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in kilograms)." Chart. November 26, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308409/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-per-capita-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation. (2021). Single-use plastic waste volume generated per capita in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in kilograms). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308409/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-per-capita-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation. "Single-use Plastic Waste Volume Generated per Capita in The Asia-pacific Region in 2019, by Country or Territory (in Kilograms)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308409/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-per-capita-by-country/
Minderoo Foundation, Single-use plastic waste volume generated per capita in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in kilograms) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308409/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-per-capita-by-country/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Single-use plastic waste volume generated per capita in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019, by country or territory (in kilograms) [Graph], Minderoo Foundation, November 26, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308409/apac-single-use-plastic-waste-generation-per-capita-by-country/