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Extrapolated change in plastic fate to 2050, 1980 to 2050

Estimated historic trends in global plastic disposal method (from 1980 to 2015) with extrapolation of past rates of change through to 2050. This gives some indicate of
future scenarios based on continued change rates, but should not be directly interpreted as future projections (which cannot assume consistent change over time).

19802050199020002010202020302040RecycledIncineratedDiscarded

Source: Geyer et al. (2017)