This statistic from 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
This statistic displays the total production volume of plastic worldwide from 1950 to 2017, and a forecast figure for 2050. In 2017, cumulative global plastic production reached 8.3 billion metric ton
The production volume of plastic for packaging in the plastic products industry in Japan decreased by 0.1 million tons (-9.01 percent) since the previous year. As a result, the production quantity in
This dataset shows the increase of global plastic production, measured in tonnes per year, from 1950 through to 2019.In 1950 the world produced only 2 million tonnes per year. Since then, annual produ