In fiscal year 2022, the estimated volume of plastic packaging waste in Japan amounted to around 133.4 thousand metric tons. The figure increased steadily throughout the past decade.
Estimated amount of plastic packaging waste in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022
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fiscal years 2013 to 2022; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of each stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
excluding containers
Supplementary notes
Including waste from the food manufacturing industry, soft drink, tea, coffee, and liquor manufacturing industry, oil processed products, soaps, surfactants, and paint manufacturing industry, pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, manufacturing of cosmetics, retail, and other businesses.
Figures have been rounded.
The source does not state a specific date of publication. Therefore, the day of access has been used.
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JCPRA. (July 6, 2022). Estimated amount of plastic packaging waste in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318620/japan-estimated-plastic-packaging-waste-volume/
JCPRA. "Estimated amount of plastic packaging waste in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. July 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318620/japan-estimated-plastic-packaging-waste-volume/
JCPRA. (2022). Estimated amount of plastic packaging waste in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318620/japan-estimated-plastic-packaging-waste-volume/
JCPRA. "Estimated Amount of Plastic Packaging Waste in Japan from Fiscal Year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318620/japan-estimated-plastic-packaging-waste-volume/
JCPRA, Estimated amount of plastic packaging waste in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318620/japan-estimated-plastic-packaging-waste-volume/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Estimated amount of plastic packaging waste in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], JCPRA, July 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318620/japan-estimated-plastic-packaging-waste-volume/