Data:Plastic discarded, recycled, incinerated - Geyer et al. (2017) (OWID 2844).tab

Estimates of the proportion of plastic waste discarded, recycled and incinerated based on data in Geyer et al. (2017).--Geyer et al. (2017) note an average linear rate of increase in recycling of 0.7% per year from 1990 onwards, and 0.7% pe...

Entity	Year	Estimated_historic_plastic_fate	Extrapolation_of_plastic_fate
string	number	number	number
Entity	Year	Estimated_historic_plastic_fate	Extrapolation_of_plastic_fate
Discarded	1980	100
Discarded	1981	98.3
Discarded	1982	97.6
Discarded	1983	96.9
Discarded	1984	96.2
Discarded	1985	95.5
Discarded	1986	94.8
Discarded	1987	94.1
Discarded	1988	92.8
Discarded	1989	91.4
Discarded	1990	90
Discarded	1991	88.6
Discarded	1992	87.2
Discarded	1993	85.8
Discarded	1994	84.4
Discarded	1995	83
Discarded	1996	81.6
Discarded	1997	80.2
Discarded	1998	78.8
Discarded	1999	77.4
Discarded	2000	76
Discarded	2001	74.6
Discarded	2002	73.2
Discarded	2003	71.8
Discarded	2004	70.4
Discarded	2005	69
Discarded	2006	67.6
Discarded	2007	66.2
Discarded	2008	64.8
Discarded	2009	63.4
Discarded	2010	62
Discarded	2011	60.6
Discarded	2012	59.2
Discarded	2013	57.8
Discarded	2014	56.4
Discarded	2015	55
Discarded	2016		53.6
Discarded	2017		52.2
Discarded	2018		50.8
Discarded	2019		49.4
Discarded	2020		48
Discarded	2021		46.6
Discarded	2022		45.2
Discarded	2023		43.8
Discarded	2024		42.4
Discarded	2025		41
Discarded	2026		39.6
Discarded	2027		38.2
Discarded	2028		36.8
Discarded	2029		35.4
Discarded	2030		34
Discarded	2031		32.6
Discarded	2032		31.2
Discarded	2033		29.8
Discarded	2034		28.4
Discarded	2035		27
Discarded	2036		25.6
Discarded	2037		24.2
Discarded	2038		22.8
Discarded	2039		21.4
Discarded	2040		20
Discarded	2041		18.6
Discarded	2042		17.2
Discarded	2043		15.8
Discarded	2044		14.4
Discarded	2045		13
Discarded	2046		11.6
Discarded	2047		10.2
Discarded	2048		8.8
Discarded	2049		7.4
Discarded	2050		6
Incinerated	1980	0
Incinerated	1981	1.7
Incinerated	1982	2.4
Incinerated	1983	3.1
Incinerated	1984	3.8
Incinerated	1985	4.5
Incinerated	1986	5.2
Incinerated	1987	5.9
Incinerated	1988	6.6
Incinerated	1989	7.3
Incinerated	1990	8
Incinerated	1991	8.7
Incinerated	1992	9.4
Incinerated	1993	10.1
Incinerated	1994	10.8
Incinerated	1995	11.5
Incinerated	1996	12.2
Incinerated	1997	12.9
Incinerated	1998	13.6
Incinerated	1999	14.3
Incinerated	2000	15
Incinerated	2001	15.7
Incinerated	2002	16.4
Incinerated	2003	17.1
Incinerated	2004	17.8
Incinerated	2005	18.5
Incinerated	2006	19.2
Incinerated	2007	19.9
Incinerated	2008	20.6
Incinerated	2009	21.3
Incinerated	2010	22
Incinerated	2011	22.7
Incinerated	2012	23.4
Incinerated	2013	24.1
Incinerated	2014	24.8
Incinerated	2015	25.5
Incinerated	2016		26.2
Incinerated	2017		26.9
Incinerated	2018		27.6
Incinerated	2019		28.3
Incinerated	2020		29
Incinerated	2021		29.7
Incinerated	2022		30.4
Incinerated	2023		31.1
Incinerated	2024		31.8
Incinerated	2025		32.5
Incinerated	2026		33.2
Incinerated	2027		33.9
Incinerated	2028		34.6
Incinerated	2029		35.3
Incinerated	2030		36
Incinerated	2031		36.7
Incinerated	2032		37.4
Incinerated	2033		38.1
Incinerated	2034		38.8
Incinerated	2035		39.5
Incinerated	2036		40.2
Incinerated	2037		40.9
Incinerated	2038		41.6
Incinerated	2039		42.3
Incinerated	2040		43
Incinerated	2041		43.7
Incinerated	2042		44.4
Incinerated	2043		45.1
Incinerated	2044		45.8
Incinerated	2045		46.5
Incinerated	2046		47.2
Incinerated	2047		47.9
Incinerated	2048		48.6
Incinerated	2049		49.3
Incinerated	2050		50
Recycled	1980	0
Recycled	1981	0
Recycled	1982	0
Recycled	1983	0
Recycled	1984	0
Recycled	1985	0
Recycled	1986	0
Recycled	1987	0
Recycled	1988	0.6
Recycled	1989	1.3
Recycled	1990	2
Recycled	1991	2.7
Recycled	1992	3.4
Recycled	1993	4.1
Recycled	1994	4.8
Recycled	1995	5.5
Recycled	1996	6.2
Recycled	1997	6.9
Recycled	1998	7.6
Recycled	1999	8.3
Recycled	2000	9
Recycled	2001	9.7
Recycled	2002	10.4
Recycled	2003	11.1
Recycled	2004	11.8
Recycled	2005	12.5
Recycled	2006	13.2
Recycled	2007	13.9
Recycled	2008	14.6
Recycled	2009	15.3
Recycled	2010	16
Recycled	2011	16.7
Recycled	2012	17.4
Recycled	2013	18.1
Recycled	2014	18.8
Recycled	2015	19.5
Recycled	2016		20.2
Recycled	2017		20.9
Recycled	2018		21.6
Recycled	2019		22.3
Recycled	2020		23
Recycled	2021		23.7
Recycled	2022		24.4
Recycled	2023		25.1
Recycled	2024		25.8
Recycled	2025		26.5
Recycled	2026		27.2
Recycled	2027		27.9
Recycled	2028		28.6
Recycled	2029		29.3
Recycled	2030		30
Recycled	2031		30.7
Recycled	2032		31.4
Recycled	2033		32.1
Recycled	2034		32.8
Recycled	2035		33.5
Recycled	2036		34.2
Recycled	2037		34.9
Recycled	2038		35.6
Recycled	2039		36.3
Recycled	2040		37
Recycled	2041		37.7
Recycled	2042		38.4
Recycled	2043		39.1
Recycled	2044		39.8
Recycled	2045		40.5
Recycled	2046		41.2
Recycled	2047		41.9
Recycled	2048		42.6
Recycled	2049		43.3
Recycled	2050		44

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'dataPublishedBy': 'Geyer, R., Jambeck, J. R., & Law, K. L. (2017). Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. Science Advances, 3(7), e1700782.',
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'link': 'http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782.full',
'name': 'Plastic discarded, recycled, incinerated - Geyer et al. (2017)',
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