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Volume of plastics

Data source provider

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Use cases

Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Macro-economic modelling, Product development, Scenario analysis

Data group

Pollution

Metric Type

Physical vulnerability

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

Global Plastics Treaty

Unit (e.g. CO2)

Volume of plastic emissions (tonnes)

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Region

Time horizon 

Backward-looking

Frequency

Upon update

Time series

1950-2019

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

Provides interactive web based on plastic production and accumulation.

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