Volume of plastic waste exported by the UK H1 2021, by destination
top destination for UK plastic waste exports that year. In total, UK exports of plastic waste totaled 0.54 million metric tons in 2020.
Between January and July 2021, the United Kingdom exported 109,247 metric tons of plastic waste to Turkey. The second largest importer of UK plastic waste during this period was the Netherlands. In 2020, the UK exported more than 200,000 metric tons of plastic waste to Turkey, making it the