Single-use plastic crisis

More than 130 million tonnes of single-use plastic was thrown away in 2019, with just 20 producers accounting for almost half of all single-use plastic waste generated globally
   

Top 20 producers of single-use plastic waste (2019, million tonnes)

ExxonMobil 		U.S.		5.9
Sinopec 		China 		5.6
Dow 			U.S. 		5.6
Indorama Ventures 	Thailand 	4.6
Saudi Aramco 		Saudi Arabia 	4.3
PetroChina 		China 		4.0
LyondellBasell 		Netherlands 	3.9
Reliance Industries 	India 		3.1
Braskem 		Brazil 		3.0
Alpek SA de CV 		2.3		Mexico
Borealis 		2.2		Austria 
Lotte Chemical 		2.1		South Korea
INEOS 			2.0		UK
Total 			1.9		France
1.6	Jiangsu Hailun Petrochemical	China
1.6	Far Eastern New Century 	Taiwan
1.6	Formosa Plastics Corporation 	Taiwan
1.5	China Energy Investment Group 	China
1.5	PTT Global Chemical		Thailand
1.3	China Resources			China


Top 20 producers 
59.6m tonnes

46%      

54% 

130+ million tonnes
(2019)            


Sources: Minderoo Foundation, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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