Fig. 2: Network diagram showing the stocks and flows of plastic within and between the EEZs of countries included in the study.

Other Waters (OW), representing international waters and the territorial waters of all countries not included in the study, are included to highlight their important role in mediating transfers between geographically separated territories. The relatively large stock for OWs has been omitted from the diagram to help highlight differences in the stock in each country’s EEZ.