Data:Global plastic waste production by polymer type - Geyer et al. (2017).tab

Annual global primary plastics waste generation (in million metric tons) by polymer type from 1950 to 2018.

Year	Total_MMT	LDPE	HDPE	PP	PS	PVC	PET	PUR	PPA	Other	Additives
number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number	number
Year	Total_MMT	LDPE	HDPE	PP	PS	PVC	PET	PUR	PPA	Other	Additives
2018	343	64	45	62	19	17	35	18	51	12	19
2017	328	61	43	60	18	16	34	17	48	12	18
2016	314	59	42	57	18	16	33	16	45	11	18
2015	302	57	40	55	17	15	32	16	42	11	17
2014	289	55	39	53	16	14	30	15	39	11	16
2013	277	53	37	51	16	14	29	15	37	10	16
2012	268	51	36	50	15	13	28	14	36	10	15
2011	259	49	35	48	15	13	27	14	34	9	15
2010	245	47	33	46	14	12	25	13	32	9	14
2009	236	45	32	44	14	11	25	12	30	9	13
2008	235	46	32	44	13	11	26	12	28	8	13
2007	224	44	31	42	13	10	25	11	27	8	12
2006	211	42	29	40	12	10	23	11	26	7	12
2005	204	41	28	38	12	9	23	10	24	7	11
2004	193	38	27	36	11	9	22	10	23	7	10
2003	184	37	25	35	11	8	21	9	22	6	10
2002	173	35	24	33	10	8	20	9	21	6	9
2001	165	33	23	31	9	7	19	8	19	6	9
2000	156	32	22	30	9	7	18	8	18	5	8
1999	146	30	20	28	8	6	17	7	17	5	8
1998	139	28	19	26	8	6	16	7	16	5	7
1997	130	26	18	25	7	5	15	6	16	4	7
1996	122	25	17	23	7	5	14	6	15	4	7
1995	117	24	16	22	7	5	14	6	15	4	6
1994	109	22	15	21	6	4	12	5	14	4	6
1993	104	21	14	20	6	4	12	5	14	4	5
1992	98	20	13	18	5	4	11	5	13	3	5
1991	94	19	13	18	5	4	11	4	12	3	5
1990	88	18	12	17	5	3	10	4	12	3	5
1989	84	17	12	16	5	3	10	4	11	3	4
1988	79	16	11	15	4	3	9	4	11	3	4
1987	74	15	10	14	4	3	8	3	10	2	4
1986	70	14	9	13	4	3	8	3	10	2	4
1985	66	13	9	12	4	2	8	3	10	2	3
1984	62	12	8	12	3	2	7	3	9	2	3
1983	58	11	8	11	3	2	6	3	8	2	3
1982	55	11	7	10	3	2	6	3	8	2	3
1981	52	11	7	10	3	2	6	2	7	2	3
1980	51	11	7	10	3	2	6	2	7	2	2
1979	47	10	6	9	3	2	6	2	7	1	2
1978	44	9	6	8	2	1	5	2	6	1	2
1977	40	8	6	8	2	1	5	2	6	1	2
1976	35	7	5	7	2	1	4	2	5	1	2
1975	36	8	5	7	2	1	5	1	4	1	2
1974	33	7	5	6	2	1	4	1	4	1	1
1973	29	6	4	5	2	1	4	1	3	1	1
1972	25	6	4	5	1	1	3	1	3	1	1
1971	23	5	3	4	1	1	3	1	3	1	1
1970	20	5	3	4	1	1	3	1	2	0	1
1969	17	4	3	3	1	1	2	1	2	0	1
1968	15	3	2	3	1	0	2	1	2	0	1
1967	13	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
1966	11	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
1965	9	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
1964	8	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1963	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1962	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1961	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1960	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1959	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Roland Geyer, Jenna R. Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law. (July 2017). 'Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made'. Science Advances 3 (7): e1700782. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.1700782
MMT = Million metric tonnes.
'PPA' = Polyester, polyamide and acrylate polymers (PP&A) - all of which are used to make fibres (it does not merely denote polyphthalamide, which is used to make fibres and is often also abbreviated PPA).

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