mrswdk wrote:Also, as I mentioned in my post the China data is heavily skewed by the fact that China (at the time of that map being produced) was still accepting waste plastic from countries like the US, Germany etc. That map would look totally different if it was made for 2019, when the Chinese government was no longer letting the developed world dump all its waste plastic in China.
China will lead the world's green revolution. Onwards and upwards.
the production of plastic products in China from June 2018 to June 2019. In June 2019, about 6.33 million tons of plastic products had been produced in China.
Plastics industry in China – additional information
China is the world’s largest plastic producer as of 2013,
accounting for nearly one fourth of the global plastics production. In 2012, approximately 58 million tons of plastic products were produced in China, with the total sales value of the plastic product manufacturing industry
https://www.statista.com/statistics/226239/production-of-plastic-products-in-china-by-month/
