U.S. plastic waste exports, 1992-2021
In kilograms
China
Rest of the world
0
500M
1B
1.5B
2B
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
98.7M
85.1M
76.5M
81.1M
128.3M
123.3M
161.6M
155M
85.2M
152.6M
52.6M
167.4M
63.2M
183.3M
137M
220.5M
182.4M
265.9M
291.2M
323.2M
355.5M
308.5M
425.3M
248.7M
441.4M
307.4M
548.2M
316.1M
789.3M
278.2M
1.1B
334.7M
1.2B
379.6M
1.7B
375M
1.6B
416.7M
1.8B
398.4M
1.7B
390.6M
1.4B
494.8M
1.6B
541.9M
1.5B
596.3M
1.4B
533M
908.3M
761.7M
165.7M
911.8M
82M
586.3M
44.1M
585.2M
10.8M
546.2M