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This statistic displays the volume of plastic waste imports worldwide in 2016 to 2018, broken down by select country. In China, plastic imports fell from 600,000 metric tons per month in 2016 to 30,000 metric tons in 2018. On December 31, 2017, China put a ban on a large portion of the plastic waste that foreign countries sent to the country for disposal.
Import volume of plastic waste worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by select country (in 1,000 metric tons per month)*
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Greenpeace. (April 23, 2019). Import volume of plastic waste worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by select country (in 1,000 metric tons per month)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029954/global-import-volume-plastic-waste-by-country/
Greenpeace. "Import volume of plastic waste worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by select country (in 1,000 metric tons per month)*." Chart. April 23, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029954/global-import-volume-plastic-waste-by-country/
Greenpeace. (2019). Import volume of plastic waste worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by select country (in 1,000 metric tons per month)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029954/global-import-volume-plastic-waste-by-country/
Greenpeace. "Import Volume of Plastic Waste Worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by Select Country (in 1,000 Metric Tons per Month)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029954/global-import-volume-plastic-waste-by-country/
Greenpeace, Import volume of plastic waste worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by select country (in 1,000 metric tons per month)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029954/global-import-volume-plastic-waste-by-country/ (last visited May 04, 2024)
Import volume of plastic waste worldwide from 2016 to 2018, by select country (in 1,000 metric tons per month)* [Graph], Greenpeace, April 23, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1029954/global-import-volume-plastic-waste-by-country/