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THE PROBLEMS & THE FACTS

The scale is global.
The next step is material.

Behind every waste statistic is a material that could have had another future.

Explore the geography of plastic waste, the gaps in recycling and the complexity inside the materials we discard. Understanding the problem is the starting point for a better recovery pathway.

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Illustrative industrial scene of retired wind turbine blade sections awaiting material recovery.
Recovery starts with understanding the material. Illustrative industry scene.
THREE MEASURES OF THE CHALLENGE

Historical research snapshots, not live counters. Different waste categories and study scopes should not be combined. Mt means million metric tonnes.

FOLLOW THE MATERIAL STORY

One planet.
Many recovery challenges.

Rotate the globe, choose a continent and explore a country. Open the United States to compare all 50 states.

World plastic waste explorerChoose countries using the map or the country selector. State profiles cover the United States only.

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PLASTICS · 2020 ESTIMATE

World

A country-by-country view.

241

country and territory profiles

Choose a continent or country to see estimated municipal plastic waste generation in 2020.

Cottom et al. (2024), processed by Our World in Data ↗

Municipal plastic waste only. These model-based estimates exclude several industrial and other waste sources. Missing values are not zero.

Country profiles use 2020 municipal plastic estimates. State profiles use 2021 packaging recycling estimates from the 2023 Ball / Eunomia report. They measure different things and cannot be compared directly.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DISCARD

Collected does not
always mean recovered.

OECD’s 2019 estimates show a large gap between plastic waste generation and final recycling. Disposal routes differ by region.

RecycledIncineratedLandfilledMismanaged
Estimated fate of plastic waste in 2019 (%) · OECD regional groupings
RegionDistributionRecycledIncineratedLandfilledMismanaged
Americas (excl. USA)9.61.260.129.2
Asia (excl. China and India)8.418.539.433.7
China12.823.836.427.1
Europe12.437.744.25.7
India13.34.236.346.2
Middle East & North Africa5.40.654.139.8
Oceania6.911.574.96.8
Sub-Saharan Africa5.70.530.263.6
United States4.519.172.93.6
World9.319.049.222.5

OECD (2023), processed by Our World in Data ↗ · Figures may not total 100% after rounding. OECD regions differ from the globe’s continent groupings. “Mismanaged” includes uncontrolled disposal; it does not mean all that material enters the ocean.

THE CHALLENGE INSIDE THE PRODUCT

Complex by design.
Difficult at end of life.

Volume is only part of the problem. Materials bonded, blended or layered together require a recovery approach suited to their composition.

01

Tires & rubber

Rubber, reinforcing steel and textile fibers are combined for strength. Recovering useful fractions means addressing that combination.

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02

Lithium-ion batteries

A cell contains active materials, foils, separators and electrolyte. Recovery requires suitable preparation, safety controls and separation.

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03

E-waste

Metals, plastics, glass and circuit boards arrive in many forms. Reuse, controlled dismantling and material recovery each have a role.

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04

Solar panels

Glass, encapsulants, cells and metal contacts are laminated into a durable product. End-of-life recovery must address those layers.

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05

Wind turbine blades

Long-life fiber-reinforced composites are built to withstand demanding conditions. That durability creates a separation challenge.

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06

Construction debris

Mixed mineral, wood, metal and polymer fractions need characterization and sorting before suitable recovery routes can be chosen.

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07

Artificial turf & carpet

Fibers, backing, binders and infill complicate the recovery of individual materials from the finished system.

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08

Hard-to-recycle plastics

Mixed polymers, additives, contamination and multilayer structures can limit the quality and uses of recovered output.

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Illustrative view of retired electronics and circuit boards awaiting material recovery.
Illustrative industry scene.
FROM THE PROBLEM TO A PRACTICAL NEXT STEP

What if more of
the value stayed in use?

JENROVA’s focus is dry material liberation: opening complex material structures so suitable fractions can move toward separation, qualification and a useful next life.

The broader goal is to reduce what remains for disposal, including difficult residual fractions. The outcome starts with the feedstock and is established through evaluation, testing and appropriate downstream routes.

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READ THE NUMBERS WITH CONTEXT

Sources, dates & coverage.

Country and continent explorer

241 supplied country and territory profiles, using 2020 municipal plastic waste estimates from Cottom et al. (2024), processed by Our World in Data. All 241 figures matched the source download checked in November 2026. Continent totals shown here sum the listed profiles; they are not the publisher’s complete regional aggregates. The geographic groupings follow Our World in Data, with Svalbard and Jan Mayen assigned to Europe.

These are model estimates, displayed with rounding. They cover municipal plastic waste, not all plastic waste or all waste streams. The model excludes textile, electronic and several other sources. Antarctica has no estimate in this dataset.

Original research · Nature (2024) ↗
Country data and definitions · Our World in Data ↗
Continent groupings · Our World in Data ↗

All 50 U.S. states

The 2023 Ball / Eunomia “50 States of Recycling” assessment uses 2021 data. Overall packaging rates here exclude fibers, films and flexible packaging. The rigid-plastics figure is a separate material-specific measure. These are recycling rates, not waste tonnage, and do not describe every material discarded in a state.

State-level coverage is for the United States only. The source report explains the methodology, estimates and limitations.

50 States of Recycling · Ball / Eunomia (2023) ↗

What these facts establish

These studies describe industry challenges. They do not establish JENROVA’s recovery rates, throughput, emissions reductions or acceptance of a particular waste. Those outcomes depend on the specific material, preparation and process route.

Geographic outlines are simplified for navigation. They do not express a position on borders or sovereignty. World and U.S. map geometry: Natural Earth / world-atlas and U.S. Census / us-atlas.

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Read all country and territory estimates · 2020
Municipal plastic waste generation, 2020 · model estimates · metric tonnes (rounded)
LocationContinentTonnes
AfghanistanAsia862,019
Aland IslandsEurope2,062
AlbaniaEurope130,912
AlgeriaAfrica1,476,879
American SamoaOceania1,981
AndorraEurope6,327
AngolaAfrica975,901
AnguillaNorth America528
Antigua and BarbudaNorth America6,984
ArgentinaSouth America2,405,453
ArmeniaAsia105,297
ArubaNorth America9,607
AustraliaOceania1,398,883
AustriaEurope601,222
AzerbaijanAsia345,964
BahamasNorth America33,869
BahrainAsia81,656
BangladeshAsia3,252,684
BarbadosNorth America21,147
BelarusEurope449,109
BelgiumEurope635,846
BelizeNorth America29,059
BeninAfrica234,417
BermudaNorth America3,760
BhutanAsia12,456
BoliviaSouth America333,918
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and SabaNorth America2,161
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope120,233
BotswanaAfrica106,754
BrazilSouth America8,787,108
British Virgin IslandsNorth America2,745
BruneiAsia43,226
BulgariaEurope279,790
Burkina FasoAfrica256,412
BurundiAfrica188,893
CambodiaAsia847,956
CameroonAfrica694,791
CanadaNorth America1,902,931
Cape VerdeAfrica23,695
Cayman IslandsNorth America5,222
Central African RepublicAfrica66,146
ChadAfrica283,497
ChileSouth America1,085,407
ChinaAsia41,302,464
Christmas IslandAsia96
Cocos IslandsAsia15
ColombiaSouth America1,771,952
ComorosAfrica19,147
CongoAfrica146,110
Cook IslandsOceania1,513
Costa RicaNorth America212,079
Cote d'IvoireAfrica577,943
CroatiaEurope261,200
CubaNorth America563,662
CuracaoNorth America16,179
CyprusEurope68,998
CzechiaEurope592,351
Democratic Republic of CongoAfrica1,296,947
DenmarkEurope324,221
DjiboutiAfrica33,214
DominicaNorth America3,509
Dominican RepublicNorth America399,109
East TimorAsia28,562
EcuadorSouth America746,183
EgyptAfrica3,253,851
El SalvadorNorth America225,957
Equatorial GuineaAfrica69,864
EritreaAfrica63,934
EstoniaEurope84,474
EswatiniAfrica28,974
EthiopiaAfrica926,463
Falkland IslandsSouth America277
Faroe IslandsEurope3,325
FijiOceania29,303
FinlandEurope319,762
FranceEurope4,278,314
French GuianaSouth America16,112
French PolynesiaOceania23,075
GabonAfrica76,503
GambiaAfrica44,911
GeorgiaAsia169,526
GermanyEurope4,128,099
GhanaAfrica861,903
GibraltarEurope1,707
GreeceEurope609,193
GreenlandNorth America2,483
GrenadaNorth America6,785
GuadeloupeNorth America21,166
GuamOceania14,517
GuatemalaNorth America484,507
GuernseyEurope3,468
GuineaAfrica131,711
Guinea-BissauAfrica34,944
GuyanaSouth America27,530
HaitiNorth America309,003
HondurasNorth America255,444
Hong KongAsia678,698
HungaryEurope664,162
IcelandEurope19,453
IndiaAsia27,781,626
IndonesiaAsia8,142,920
IranAsia2,876,161
IraqAsia1,798,257
IrelandEurope277,402
Isle of ManEurope3,895
IsraelAsia511,846
ItalyEurope3,995,201
JamaicaNorth America128,664
JapanAsia5,867,852
JerseyEurope5,993
JordanAsia589,710
KazakhstanAsia778,540
KenyaAfrica955,894
KiribatiOceania2,002
KuwaitAsia369,224
KyrgyzstanAsia292,542
LaosAsia177,380
LatviaEurope123,062
LebanonAsia227,622
LesothoAfrica55,644
LiberiaAfrica85,815
LibyaAfrica199,127
LiechtensteinEurope1,694
LithuaniaEurope175,037
LuxembourgEurope34,092
MacaoAsia56,262
MadagascarAfrica307,317
MalawiAfrica223,591
MalaysiaAsia1,529,667
MaldivesAsia19,789
MaliAfrica277,019
MaltaEurope34,754
Marshall IslandsOceania1,199
MartiniqueNorth America17,797
MauritaniaAfrica110,389
MauritiusAfrica57,632
MayotteAfrica13,755
MexicoNorth America5,755,279
Micronesia (country)Oceania2,106
MoldovaEurope68,187
MonacoEurope2,980
MongoliaAsia115,386
MontenegroEurope42,867
MontserratNorth America324
MoroccoAfrica1,259,027
MozambiqueAfrica477,724
MyanmarAsia1,443,709
NamibiaAfrica84,390
NauruOceania914
NepalAsia510,593
NetherlandsEurope862,288
New CaledoniaOceania22,692
New ZealandOceania370,461
NicaraguaNorth America198,106
NigerAfrica185,715
NigeriaAfrica5,619,360
NiueOceania57
Norfolk IslandOceania165
North KoreaAsia653,267
North MacedoniaEurope89,785
Northern Mariana IslandsOceania4,405
NorwayEurope230,503
OmanAsia247,602
PakistanAsia4,939,341
PalauOceania808
PalestineAsia206,322
PanamaNorth America177,084
Papua New GuineaOceania206,809
ParaguaySouth America304,800
PeruSouth America1,227,814
PhilippinesAsia3,552,568
PolandEurope2,069,654
PortugalEurope581,288
Puerto RicoNorth America226,061
QatarAsia206,874
ReunionAfrica51,601
RomaniaEurope666,057
RussiaEurope6,099,985
RwandaAfrica272,681
Saint BarthelemyNorth America562
Saint HelenaAfrica177
Saint Kitts and NevisNorth America4,173
Saint LuciaNorth America10,153
Saint Martin (French part)North America1,628
Saint Pierre and MiquelonNorth America396
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America5,060
SamoaOceania7,249
San MarinoEurope2,623
Sao Tome and PrincipeAfrica7,325
Saudi ArabiaAsia2,708,362
SenegalAfrica354,775
SerbiaEurope353,005
SeychellesAfrica8,835
Sierra LeoneAfrica92,388
SingaporeAsia372,438
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)North America3,432
SlovakiaEurope371,777
SloveniaEurope121,793
Solomon IslandsOceania12,957
SomaliaAfrica316,351
South AfricaAfrica2,396,126
South KoreaAsia2,510,347
South SudanAfrica348,357
SpainEurope3,476,915
Sri LankaAsia764,507
SudanAfrica1,094,955
SurinameSouth America24,303
Svalbard and Jan MayenEurope194
SwedenEurope477,876
SwitzerlandEurope376,108
SyriaAsia706,506
TaiwanAsia1,464,812
TajikistanAsia278,436
TanzaniaAfrica1,174,969
ThailandAsia3,427,886
TogoAfrica154,634
TokelauOceania21
TongaOceania3,551
Trinidad and TobagoNorth America93,659
TunisiaAfrica435,761
TurkeyAsia4,034,216
TurkmenistanAsia202,767
Turks and Caicos IslandsNorth America3,491
TuvaluOceania326
UgandaAfrica858,273
UkraineEurope1,430,222
United Arab EmiratesAsia1,022,618
United KingdomEurope3,669,760
United StatesNorth America24,973,222
United States Virgin IslandsNorth America7,839
UruguaySouth America198,388
UzbekistanAsia1,040,546
VanuatuOceania9,580
VaticanEurope56
VenezuelaSouth America1,403,342
VietnamAsia3,644,427
Wallis and FutunaOceania155
Western SaharaAfrica16,002
YemenAsia906,766
ZambiaAfrica314,621
ZimbabweAfrica212,875
Read all 50 U.S. state profiles · 2021
Recycling rates, 2021 · Ball / Eunomia (2023) · percentage of material
StatePackaging, excluding fibers, films and flexibles (%)Rigid plastics (%)
Alabama85
Alaska62
Arizona1210
Arkansas117
California4130
Colorado1110
Connecticut3928
Delaware2617
Florida177
Georgia149
Hawaii2222
Idaho1311
Illinois1910
Indiana2419
Iowa4517
Kansas2313
Kentucky117
Louisiana45
Maine6548
Maryland3323
Massachusetts4827
Michigan4022
Minnesota3720
Mississippi64
Missouri2212
Montana1210
Nebraska1112
Nevada127
New Hampshire2323
New Jersey3930
New Mexico1617
New York4423
North Carolina179
North Dakota2112
Ohio169
Oklahoma87
Oregon4531
Pennsylvania2010
Rhode Island1727
South Carolina65
South Dakota2313
Tennessee53
Texas85
Utah1411
Vermont5135
Virginia188
Washington2518
West Virginia22
Wisconsin2612
Wyoming1210
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