Global Plastics and Waste Data Tracker

What do the ratings and colours mean?

The Global Plastics Data tracker provides easy access to the sources of individual data points for each country, across the whole supply-chain. The Tracker refers only to Government published data and statistics for all aspects of the supply-chain. Each data point has been assigned a “Data score” which indicates how suitable the data is for informing annual flows of plastic in the country. The highest data scores are assigned to the data points that report plastic-specific data and are reported annually. Lower data scores are given to data points that do not publish plastic-specific data, and/or have published data infrequently.

The tracker was developed via a rapid assessment in the run up to INC-5 - the analysts therefore welcome users to improve the sources and provide feedback.
Each rating has a link to the original source of information. For feedback, updates or help, please email Helena Dickinson or Eliza Northrop.

Country Region OType Domestic Primary Material Domestic Products Virgin Content Consumption Recycled Content Consumption Primary Material Trade (Imports) Primary Material Trade (Exports) Products (Imports) Products (Exports) Total Generated Plastic Waste Waste Recovered for Recycling Waste to Energy Waste Incinerated (Without Energy Recovery) Waste Landfilled Waste (Import) Waste (Export)

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