Global plastic waste exports 2010-2022
Global plastic waste exports amounted to 4.21 million metric tons in 2022, a year-over-year decline of roughly 16 percent. In comparison to 2010, when global exports surpassed 15 million metric tons, shipments decreased by more than 70 percent. Plastic waste trade has dropped considerably since 2018, when China – then the world's largest plastic waste importer – declared a ban on imports of this material.
In 2022, Germany was the