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  • Annual plastic waste by disposal method
  • Electronic waste recycling rate
  • Food waste per capita
  • Global share of plastic waste by disposal method with projectionsGeyer et al. (2017)
  • Hazardous waste generated per capita
  • Mismanaged plastic waste
  • Mismanaged plastic waste per capita
  • Most common items of waste in the ocean by region
  • Municipal waste recycled
  • Plastic waste emitted to the ocean
  • Plastic waste emitted to the ocean per capita
  • Plastic waste generation
  • Plastic waste generation per capita
  • Proportion of population served by municipal waste collection
  • Recycling rates of glass
  • Recycling rates of paper and cardboard
  • Share of global mismanaged plastic waste
  • Share of plastic waste that is recycled
  • Share of plastic waste that is recycled, landfilled, incinerated and mismanaged
  • Share of required information submitted to international environmental agreements on hazardous waste and other chemicals
  • Total waste generation
  • Treatment of hazardous waste
  • What are the most common items of waste found in rivers and oceans?
  • What items of waste do we find in rivers and the ocean?

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