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Fig. 3

From: Mass and fate estimates of plastic waste dispersed globally to marine and terrestrial environments by three major corporations

Fig. 3

The percentage of plastic going into each end-of-life sink from each company organized by geographic region. Percentage of companies waste to country end-of-life sinks (organized by decreasing environmentally sound value). Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé produced an estimated 59 MMT, 45 MMT and 33 MMT of plastic waste respectively from 2000 to 2023. That mass went into six end-of-life sinks; Recycling, Incineration, Sanitary Landfill, Dumped Non-Sanitary Landfill, Mismanaged, and Marine Pollution. Each end-of-life sink was further stratified into by one of seven geographic regions.

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