This statistic displays the plastic waste mass in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGB) in 2015, broken down by source. In that year, some 41,000 metric tons of the plastic waste in the GPGB was derived from plastic lines, ropes, and fishing nets.
Volume of plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015, by source
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Plastic waste in metric tons
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OWID. (September 1, 2018). Volume of plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015, by source (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/960179/plastic-waste-great-pacific-garbage-patch-by-material/
OWID. "Volume of plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015, by source (in metric tons)." Chart. September 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/960179/plastic-waste-great-pacific-garbage-patch-by-material/
OWID. (2018). Volume of plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015, by source (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/960179/plastic-waste-great-pacific-garbage-patch-by-material/
OWID. "Volume of Plastic Waste in The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015, by Source (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/960179/plastic-waste-great-pacific-garbage-patch-by-material/
OWID, Volume of plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015, by source (in metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/960179/plastic-waste-great-pacific-garbage-patch-by-material/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Volume of plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2015, by source (in metric tons) [Graph], OWID, September 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/960179/plastic-waste-great-pacific-garbage-patch-by-material/
