The aggregate import volume of plastic waste in Southeast Asia was 1.2 million tons in 2021. This repeated the volume imported in the previous year and indicated a decrease by 40 percent from two million tons of plastic waste imported to ASEAN countries in 2018.
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ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations and is a political and economic union composed of the ten member states Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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UNODC. (July 28, 2022). Volume of plastic waste imports in Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021 (in million tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359794/asean-plastic-waste-import-volume/
UNODC. "Volume of plastic waste imports in Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021 (in million tons)." Chart. July 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359794/asean-plastic-waste-import-volume/
UNODC. (2022). Volume of plastic waste imports in Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021 (in million tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359794/asean-plastic-waste-import-volume/
UNODC. "Volume of Plastic Waste Imports in Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021 (in Million Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359794/asean-plastic-waste-import-volume/
UNODC, Volume of plastic waste imports in Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021 (in million tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359794/asean-plastic-waste-import-volume/ (last visited July 05, 2024)
Volume of plastic waste imports in Southeast Asia from 2017 to 2021 (in million tons) [Graph], UNODC, July 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359794/asean-plastic-waste-import-volume/