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Plastic waste littered, 2010

Annual plastic waste littered by coastal populations within 50 kilometres of a coastline. This represents plastic waste with high risk of polluting surrounding rivers and
the ocean.

0No data0 tonnes20,000 tonnes40,000 tonnes80,000 tonnes100,000 tonnes>200,000 tonnes
World

Source: Jambeck et al. (2015)