Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean, 2019

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This dataset shows how global plastics emitted into the oceans breaks down by region. Data retrieved from Global Change Data Lab. Follow datasource.kapsarc.org for timely data to advance energy economics research. 

Dataset Identifier
share-of-global-plastic-waste-emitted-to-the-ocean-2019
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Themes
Climate
Keywords
Plastic, Waste, Ocean
Modified
1 March 2025 00:01
Publisher
Global Change Data Lab
Reference
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-global-plastic-waste-emitted-to-the-ocean
Last checked date
1 March 2025
Country
World
Source copyrights
https://ourworldindata.org/privacy-policy
Data classification
Public
Discontinued Data
No
Unit of measure
%
Publisher Periodicity
Annually
Expected next release
31 March 2025
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Last processing
1 March 2025 00:01 (metadata)
27 January 2025 06:41 (data)

DCAT

Accrual periodicity
Annually
Temporal
2019
Temporal coverage start date
31 December 2018 21:00
Temporal coverage end date
30 December 2019 21:00

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Share of global plastics emitted to ocean
       
           
               
               
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