China generated the most single-use plastic waste in 2019, at **** million metric tons. This was followed by the United States, where an estimated **** million metric tons of single-use plastic waste was generated. While Australia's net single-use plastic waste generation in 2019 was considerably lower at *** million metric tons of single-use plastic waste, it had one of the highest rates of single-use plastic waste generation per capita, at ** kilograms per person.
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