Plastic Leakage - Estimations From 1990 To 2019

The dataset displays estimations of plastic leakage from mismanaged and littered waste and plastic leakage to aquatic environments, in million tonnes (Mt) of plastic. This dataset provides estimates of plastics leakage for the 15 global regions of the OECD ENV-Linkages model, detailed in the Annex of the OECD Global Plastics Outlook.

Additional information: Plastic leakage estimates from mismanaged waste and litter correspond to the average of the estimates caclulated using the methodology adapted from (Ryberg et al., 2019) and (Cottom, Cook and Velis, 2020) that were applied on OECD ENV-Linkages model outputs. Plastics leakages from all other sources correspond to the estimates caclulated using the methodology adapted from (Ryberg et al., 2019). Plastic leakages to aquatic environments and the subcategory trasport to oceans are estimated by applying the methodology adapted from Lebreton and Andrady (2019), on OECD ENV-Linkages model outputs and plastic leakage from mismanaged and litter. The accumulated stock of plastics leakages in rivers and lakes corresponds to the net cumulative sum of leakages in rivers and lakes from 1951 onwards. The complete methodology can be found in the Annex of the OECD Global Plastics Outlook.

Contact: env.linkages@oecd.org

**Data source(s) used: **OECD** ** Global Plastics Outlook, OECD ENV-Linkages model, Cottom, Cook and Velis (2020), Lebreton and Andrady (2019), Ryberg et al. (2019)