McKinsey displays the global flow of plastic polymer materials as of 2016. During this year, about 300 million metric tons of virgin feedstock was produced and of this amount, 260 million metric tons were turned into waste and about 16 percent was then collected for recycling. The vast majority of this plastic packaging material was sent to landfills or leaked into the environment.
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McKinsey & Company. (December 20, 2018). Flow of plastic polymer waste worldwide as of 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/504506/plastic-packaging-material-flow-worldwide/
McKinsey & Company. "Flow of plastic polymer waste worldwide as of 2016." Chart. December 20, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504506/plastic-packaging-material-flow-worldwide/
McKinsey & Company. (2018). Flow of plastic polymer waste worldwide as of 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/504506/plastic-packaging-material-flow-worldwide/
McKinsey & Company. "Flow of Plastic Polymer Waste Worldwide as of 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/504506/plastic-packaging-material-flow-worldwide/
McKinsey & Company, Flow of plastic polymer waste worldwide as of 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/504506/plastic-packaging-material-flow-worldwide/ (last visited April 23, 2024)
Flow of plastic polymer waste worldwide as of 2016 [Graph], McKinsey & Company, December 20, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/504506/plastic-packaging-material-flow-worldwide/