Earth Stats

Plastic made this year

135,900,000,000 tonnes CO₂

Carbon left before 1.5 °C of warming

About 3 years left at today’s pace.

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394,287,178 tonnes

Source: OECD Global Plastics Outlook Yearly figure, counted live Spotted an error?

Twice as much as the world made in 2000. Your share: 47 kg of plastic so far this year.

New plastic made worldwide since 1 January. Most is used for packaging and thrown away within a year, and less than a tenth is ever recycled. Nearly all plastic is made from oil and gas.

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