The United Kingdom imported around 119,400 metric tons of plastic waste in 2022. This was the second-highest figure recorded in a decade, and nearly double the amount imported in the previous year. Despite this growth, the country still maintained a positive trade balance, with UK plastic waste exports amounting to some 480,000 metric tons in 2022.
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Trade Map. (January 25, 2024). Annual imports of plastic waste in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447176/annual-plastic-waste-imports-united-kingdom-uk/
Trade Map. "Annual imports of plastic waste in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. January 25, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447176/annual-plastic-waste-imports-united-kingdom-uk/
Trade Map. (2024). Annual imports of plastic waste in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447176/annual-plastic-waste-imports-united-kingdom-uk/
Trade Map. "Annual Imports of Plastic Waste in The United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447176/annual-plastic-waste-imports-united-kingdom-uk/
Trade Map, Annual imports of plastic waste in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447176/annual-plastic-waste-imports-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Annual imports of plastic waste in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Trade Map, January 25, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447176/annual-plastic-waste-imports-united-kingdom-uk/