Figure 1.1: Global Demand of Plastics 2025 (Statista 2020)

Figure 1.2: Global production of plastics 2019-2020

Figure 1.3: Industrial global demand of plastics (million tonnes per year)

Figure 2.1: Global Mismanaged Plastic Waste by 2025

Figure 2.2: Global Plastic Mismanaged Waste Disposal

Figure 2.3: Fate of Mismanaged Global Plastic Waste

Figure 3: 7Rs’ Circular Economy Model

YEAR

GLOBAL DEMAND OF PLASTICS

1990

120000000

1991

124000000

1992

132000000

1993

137000000

1994

151000000

1995

156000000

1996

168000000

1997

180000000

1998

188000000

1999

202000000

2000

213000000

2001

218000000

2002

231000000

2003

241000000

2004

256000000

2005

263000000

2006

280000000

2007

295000000

2008

281000000

2009

288000000

2010

313000000

2011

325000000

2012

338000000

2013

352000000

2014

367000000

2015

388000000

2016

390000000

2017

395000000

2018

410000000

2019

430000000

2020

428711811

2021

439344364

2022

449976916

2023

460609468

2024

471242020

2025

481874572

Table 1: Future Projection: Global demand of plastics 1990 – 2025