In 2022, 276 thousand metric tons of plastic waste were generated in Norway, an increase of 11.3 percent in compariosn to the previous year. Manufacturing industries are the largest origin of plastic waste in the Nordic country. Within the indicated period, the amount of plastics waste generated in the Norway peaked in 2019, at 290 thousand metric tons.
Plastics waste generation in Norway from 2012 to 2022
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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Statistics Norway. (December 7, 2023). Plastics waste generation in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482416/plastics-waste-generation-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Plastics waste generation in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. December 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482416/plastics-waste-generation-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. (2023). Plastics waste generation in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482416/plastics-waste-generation-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Plastics Waste Generation in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482416/plastics-waste-generation-in-norway/
Statistics Norway, Plastics waste generation in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482416/plastics-waste-generation-in-norway/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Plastics waste generation in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Statistics Norway, December 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482416/plastics-waste-generation-in-norway/