Plastic Bottle Usage Worldwide

This statistic depicts the production of polyethylene terephthalate pet bottles worldwide from 2004 to 2016 with a forecasted figure for 2021.

Plastic bottle usage worldwide. Only 1 of plastic bags are returned for. There you should find most of the data and context needed to understand the problem of global plastics. In our full entry on plastic pollution we provide an in depth overview of global plastic production distribution management and impacts through data visualisations and explainers. 2 90 of the cost of bottled water is due to the packaging not the water quality.

Once at sea much of the plastic trash remains in coastal waters. Every year it is estimated that 4 to 12 million metric tons of plastic waste ends up in. More than 100 million plastic bottles are used worldwide every day. Global plastic waste was 275 million tonnes it did exceed annual primary production through wastage of plastic from previous years.

Plastic waste generated in coastal regions is most at risk of entering the oceans. In 2016 some 485 billion pet bottles were. On geologic timescales 400 years is not significant. 3 3 liters of water is used to package 1 bottle of water.

Fact 4 it is estimated that 4 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide annually. Since 1950 close to half of all plastic has ended up in landfill or dumped in the wild and only 9 of used plastic has been adequately recycled. That means by using a reusable water bottle you could save an average of 156 plastic bottles annually.