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Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of plastics worldwide in 2019, by gas type (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

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September 2023

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Worldwide

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2019

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Greenhouse gases emissions are aggregated using 100-year global warming potential (GWP) from AR2. Emission coefficiens by stage and polymer or end-of-life fate are extrapolated from 2015 data using indexes. These indexes are built on scope-2 emissions intensity of primary and secondary plastics production (incl. upstream sectors) from the OECD ENV-Linkages model.

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Global life cycle GHG emissions from plastics 2019, by gas type

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Nov 6, 2024

Life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of plastics were estimated at *** billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2019. Carbon dioxide accounted for ** percent of these emissions, with methane the second-most produced GHG from plastics. Life cycle emissions of plastics account for just over percent of global GHG emissions.Ìý

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