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• Where does the plastic in our oceans come from?

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• Cumulative displaced plastic waste as a result of Chinese import ban
• Cumulative global plastics production
• Cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
• Cumulative recycled plastic export value by top ten exporters
• Decomposition rates of marine debris items
• Extrapolated change in plastic fate to 2050
• Global mismanaged plastic by region, 2010
• Global mismanaged plastic waste by region, 2025
• Global plastic waste by disposal
• Global plastics production
• Global river plastic input to the ocean by region
• Grocery bag comparisons for greenhouse gas emissions
• Grocery bag comparisons of environmental impact
• How much plastic waste did China import?
• Macroplastics in the surface ocean
• Mean product lifetime of plastic uses
• Microplastics in the surface ocean
• Mismanaged plastic waste
• Mismanaged plastic waste
• Mismanaged plastic waste per capita
• Mismanaged plastic waste per capita vs. GDP per capita
• Mismanaged plastic waste vs. coastal population
• Per capita mismanaged plastic waste
• Per capita plastic waste vs. GDP per capita
• Plastic exports to China by top 10 exporting countries
• Plastic ocean input from top 20 rivers
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean
• Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita
• Plastic waste generated by coastal populations
• Plastic waste generation
• Plastic waste generation by industrial sector
• Plastic waste generation per person
• Plastic waste littered
• Primary plastic production by industrial sector
• Primary plastic production by polymer type
• Primary plastic waste generation by polymer
• Probability of mismanaged plastic waste being emitted to ocean
• Projected mismanaged plastic waste in 2025
• Projected share of global mismanaged plastic waste in 2025
• Share of cumulative plastic exports by top ten exporters
• Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
• Share of global mismanaged waste
• Share of global plastic waste emitted to the ocean
• Share of ocean plastics that come from the largest emitting rivers
• Share of plastic waste that is inadequately managed
• Surface plastic mass by ocean basin
• Surface plastic particles by ocean basin