About this Dataset

Global Plastics Outlook - Plastics Use By Application

This dataset provides estimates of plastics use at the global level by application.

Primary plastics use is estimated using regional consumption by application data from Ryberg et al. (2019). An assumption of the split by polymer by application is made that it is homogeneous to the global values. Historical values (pre-2015 data) is extrapolated from 2015 data using the global evolution contained in Geyer, Jambeck and Law (2017). Secondary plastics use are derived using recycling rates and recycling loss rates, as described in the GPO annex. The plastics use data is associated with the economic flows in the OECD ENV-Linkages model to estimate changes over time. The total plastics use is equal to the sum of primary and secondary plastics use.

Tables

Global Plastics Outlook - Plastics Use By Application

@owid.plastic_use_application.owid_plastic_use_application

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30 rows
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CREATE TABLE owid_plastic_use_application (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "building_and_construction" FLOAT  -- Building, And, Construction,
  "consumer_and_institutional_products" FLOAT  -- Consumer, And, Institutional Products,
  "electrical_electronics" FLOAT,
  "industrial_machinery" FLOAT,
  "marine_coatings" FLOAT,
  "other" FLOAT,
  "packaging" FLOAT,
  "personal_care_products" FLOAT,
  "road_marking" FLOAT,
  "textile_sector_clothing" FLOAT  -- Textile Sector, Clothing,
  "textile_sector_others" FLOAT  -- Textile Sector, Others,
  "total" FLOAT,
  "transportation_other" FLOAT  -- Transportation, Other,
  "transportation_tyres" FLOAT  -- Transportation, Tyres,
  "transportation" FLOAT,
  "textile_sector" FLOAT
);