This statistic displays the average volume of river plastic mass inputs into oceans around the world as of 2017. The Yangtze river in China had an estimated annual input amounting to 333,000 metric tons of plastic.
Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)*
* All figures are estimates and based on midpoint estimates. Input rate are representative of mismanaged plastic waste and catchment runoff.
Figures were rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
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Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). (June 7, 2017). Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). "Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)*." Chart. June 7, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). (2017). Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017). "Annual River Plastic Mass Inputs to Oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017), Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Annual river plastic mass inputs to oceans as of 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons)* [Graph], Nature (Laurent, et al. 2017), June 7, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/829695/river-plastic-mass-inputs-to-oceans/
