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Life in plastic.
A cool new graphic from Our World in Data lets you track how much plastic waste the world is generating, country by country, and how much of that plastic ends up in the ocean.
If you start with the “emitted to ocean” map, you might think it’s mostly coming from Africa and southeast Asia but don’t be fooled: the lion’s share of that waste is generated in the US and Europe and then exported for disposal.
Data Explorer: Plastic Waste and Pollution
[Our World in Data]
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